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Juvenile crime

Jacqueline Langwith - Author

The essays examine juvenile crime, its possible causes, justice-system responses and prevention. The collection presents differing viewpoints and includes visual features and fact boxes.

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Like its predecessor, Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. Even more user-friendly and accessible than its parent series, it offers a wealth of information at a lower reading level, in a bright, engaging package. This appealing combination helps more students grasp the controversies of our increasingly complex world. Each anthology features useful charts, graphs and cartoons, engaging fact boxes that provide at-a-glance information and questions that focus on vocabulary and reading comprehension. Further research is encouraged through annotated bibliographies, web sites and organizations to contact"-- "IIOVP: Juvenile Crime: This title explores the causes of juvenile crime, how the justice system should treat juvenile offenders, and how juvenile crime can be reduced"--

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Juvenile crime· ExplainedCauses· ExplainedPrevention· Explained

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Violence and harmViolence

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Themes in Context

Different perspectives on juvenile crime

Essays consider possible causes of juvenile crime and measures to prevent it, with varying viewpoints.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: The collection is structured to set out contrasting perspectives; that format supports comparison rather than a single stated position.

Talk about: What evidence does each viewpoint use, and where do its assumptions differ?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

Its range of viewpoints can help readers consider how explanations of youth crime and responses to it differ, rather than treating the subject as a single settled debate.

What Deserves Attention

The subject includes crime, violence and young people’s contact with the justice system.

A Conversation Worth Having

Which viewpoints do you find most persuasive, and what evidence or assumptions seem to shape them?

Reading Approach

Read one essay at a time and consider how its claims compare with other viewpoints in the collection. The questions and annotated references can support follow-up when a topic raises further questions.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Different perspectives on juvenile crime: The specific arguments and conclusions of individual essays are not established.

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Benefits, discussion questions and reading approaches are suggestions. Your knowledge of your child remains part of the decision.

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Juvenile crime

At a Glance

Discover

Consider

Personalised Fit

Beyond the Cover

Themes in Context

Different perspectives on juvenile crime

Why It May Be Worth Reading

What Deserves Attention

A Conversation Worth Having

Reading Approach

What remains unconfirmed