Global Viewpoints

This book explores trends in juvenile crime in countries worldwide. Readers will explore the causes and risk factors associated with youth crime. This book also addresses the differences among nations'' juvenile justice systems, and the varying ways reform is handled around the world. Primary sources and essays from international sources offer a truly panoramic view. Are British rates of girl game crime exploding? Do Palestinian girls turn to crime to escape family trouble? Should Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan end their juvenile death penalty? Hard-hitting questions like these are answered in this must-have volume.