Summary
Contents
Criminology and Social Policy systematically examines the relationship between social policy and crime. In this lively and engaging text, Paul Knepper discusses the difference social policy makes, or can make, in any response to crime. He also considers the contribution of criminology to the debates on major social policy areas, such as housing, education, employment, health and family. The book provides criminology students with an understanding of key social policy issues, and introduces criminological theory to social policy students. It is designed to cover the core components of courses in both of these areas.
Crime, Family and Youth Policy
Crime, Family and Youth Policy
Summary
- Research concerning families and crime has been associated with contested policy terms such as ‘problem families’ and the ‘cycle of deprivation’
- The relationship between families and crime has been explained along the lines of: developmental pathways, structural disadvantage, and the cycle of violence
- Youth policy is increasingly driven by concepts of early intervention and risk-focused prevention
Youth policy has always included a focus on delinquency prevention, but in recent years the aims of prevention have shifted. Traditionally the goal has been to prevent delinquents from growing up into adult criminals. This has been replaced to an increasing extent by the goal of preventing young persons from engaging in delinquency. This newer goal has led to the search for more ...