To what extent do we need to understand gender in order to tackle youth crime?

Question: To what extent do we need to understand gender in order to tackle youth crime?

3000 words

Core reading

Aye Maung, N. (1995) Young People, Victimization and the Police: British Crime Survey Findings on the Experiences and Attitudes of 12-15 Year Olds. Home Office Research Study No. 140 London: HMSO.

Bateman, T. (2015) “Trends in Detected Youth Crime and Contemporary State Responses” in B. Goldson, and J. Muncie, (eds) Youth Crime and Justice 2nd edn., London, Sage.

Goodey, J. (1996) Fear of Crime: What can Children Tell Us? International Review of Victimology. 3. p.195-210.

Hartless, J. M., Ditton, J., Nair, G., and Phillips, S. (1995) More Sinned Against than Sinning. A Study of Young Teenagers’ Experience of Crime. British Journal of Criminology. Vol. 35. No. 1. p.114-133

Davis, M. and Bourhill, M. (1997) ‘“Crisis”: the Demonisation of Children and Young People’ in Scraton, P. (Ed) Childhood in Crisis? London: UCL Press

Estrada, F. (2001) “Juvenile Violence as a Social Problem. Trends, Media Attention and Societal Response” British Journal of Criminology. Vol. 41. p.639-655.

Hay, C. (1995) ‘Mobilisation through interpellation: James Bulger, Juvenile Crime and the Construction of a moral Panic’ Social and Legal Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, pp197-223

James, A. and Jenks, C. (1996) “Public Perceptions of Childhood Criminality” British Journal of Sociology, vol. 47, no. 2, pp315-31

PLEASE USE THE UNITED KINGDOM OPTION ON MICROSOFT WORD

PLEASE MAKE THE MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT – ENGLISH (UNITED KINGDOM)

PLEASE COMPLETE PAPER ON TIME

PLEASE DO NOT USE SOURCES FROM ANY LOCKED SITES OR ESSAY WRITING SITES

PLEASE ONLY USE SOURCES FROM ACADEMIC SOURCES, RELIABLE SOURCES AND UNLOCKED WEBSITES

PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SAME SOURCES FOR EVERY SENTENCE OR REPEATEDLY USE THE SAME REFERENCE SOURCE OVER AND OVER AGAIN

PLEASE ADHERE TO ALL INSTRUCTIONS VERY STRICTLY

PLEASE STRICTLY WRITE THE PAPER AS A GUIDE/TEMPLATE ONLY