Cautionary Tales: Young People, Crime and Policing in Edinburgh - Simon Anderson - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781138253360 - June 7, 2017
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Cautionary Tales: Young People, Crime and Policing in Edinburgh 1st edition


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Juvenile crime makes headlines. It is the stock-in-trade of politicians and pundits. But young people are also the victims of crime. They too have demands to make of the police. Drawing upon survey and interview research with 11 to 15 year-olds in Edinburgh, this book examines how crime impacts upon young people?s everyday lives. It reveals that young people experience far more serious problems as victims and witnesses of crime, than they cause as offenders. It shows that they report little of their experiences of crime to the police, and are left to find their own ways of managing risk, such as telling cautionary tales about dangerous people and places. The study concludes by examining young people's relations with the police, suggesting they are over-controlled as suspects and under-protected as victims.


192 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 7, 2017
ISBN13 9781138253360
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 180
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   360 g
Language English  

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