Young Offenders and Youth Justice: A Century After the Fact 6e

Sandra Bell, Kim Varma

How have our views on youth crime—and our responses to it—evolved over the past 100 years? Young Offenders and Youth Justice: A Century After the Fact, 6th Edition, offers students a rich, historical perspective on Canadian youth justice. The text examines how social ideas about young people shape public discourse, policy, and institutional responses. It highlights the complex reality of youth as both perpetrators and victims, encouraging students to think critically about issues of justice, inequality, and reform. In this latest edition of the text, founding author Sandra Bell and new lead author Dr. Kim Varma (one of Canada’s leading scholars) apply a clear historical and comparative lens on Canadian youth legislation, from the Juvenile Delinquents Act to today’s Youth Criminal Justice Act. With updated research and statistics, improved accessibility, and new interactive elements, the text helps students engage more deeply with modern challenges in youth justice.

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Table of Contents for Young Offenders and Youth Justice: A Century After the Fact 6e

Front Matter
Chapter 1: The Rise and Fall of Delinquency
Chapter 2: Creating a Youth Justice System: Then and Now
Chapter 3: The "Facts" of Youth Crime
Chapter 4: The Social Face of Youth Crime
Chapter 5: Explaining Crime and Delinquency: In the Beginning . . .
Chapter 6: Different Directions in Theorizing About Youth Crime and Delinquency
Chapter 7: Family, Schools, Peers, and the Youth Crime Problem
Chapter 8: First Contact: Police and Diversionary Measures
Chapter 9: Going to Court
Chapter 10: Youth Corrections: Going to Jail
Chapter 11: Perpetuating Social Injustice
Chapter 12: A Century After the Fact: What Do We Know? Where Are We Going?
Back Matter