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| Title: | Juvenile Delinquency & Youth Crime
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| Author: | Hun-Soo Kim & Hyun-Sil Kim |
| ISBN: | 1600218776 : 9781600218774 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 166 |
| Weight: | .528 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - January 2008 |
| List Price: | 52.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Juvenile offenders |
This book presents a detailed and comprehensive critical analysis of evidence on adolescent research from leading international scholars. It explores the prevalence, nature, and trend of juvenile delinquency among Koreans as well as various western countries. It provides information on the socio-cultural contexts related to juvenile delinquency, aggression and violent behaviour among adolescents, substance abuse and delinquency, intra-familial child abuse in South Korea and other western countries. The authors also suggest these problems as a major social issue and present these issues in Korea and its cross-cultural comparison. This book is an ideal textbook for those who wish to explore the nature, trend, prevalence of juvenile delinquency and its cross-cultural comparison.
An Overview of Social-Cultural Contexts Related to Juvenile Delinquency in South Korea; Aggression and Violent Behaviour Among Korean Adolescents: Personal Factors and Gender Differences; Aggression among Korean Adolescents: Influences of Family, Personality, Coping Strategy, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Sexual Abuse and Aggressive Impulsiveness; Substance Use and Delinquency Among Korean Adolescents; Discriminative Factor Analysis of Delinquent Behaviour in South Korea; Intra-Familial Sexual Abuse (Incest) Among Korean Adolescents; Structural Model of Delinquent Behaviour Influenced by Media Violence in South Korea; Development of a Media Violence Scale Related to Juvenile Delinquency; Index.
