<p><strong>The most comprehensive and authoritative textbook on youth crime and youth justice.</strong><br/><br/>Extensively updated to reflect changes in the youth justice system and contemporary debates around youth crime, this fifth edition of <em>Youth and Crime</em>:</p><ul><li>Includes new chapters on developmental and life course theories, and punitive justice strategies.</li><li>Has been significantly expanded with new sections on the politicisation of youth crime, knife crime and gangs, child refugees, climate justice, child-on-child homicide, and localised criminal exploitation.</li><li>Features increased coverage of policing strategies, including sections on policing public space and rethinking youth justice.</li></ul><p>Complete with a new two colour design, chapter outlines, summary boxes, study questions, further reading lists, useful website lists, and a glossary, this textbook expertly guides students through their studies in youth and crime.</p>