America's Safest City : Delinquency and Modernity in Suburbia /

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"Since the mid-1990s, the fast-growing suburb of Amherst, NY has been voted by numerous publications as one of the safest places to live in America. Yet, like many of America's seemingly idyllic suburbs, Amherst is by no means without crime--especially when it comes to adolescents. In Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Singer, Simon I. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquents.
Juvenile delinquency.
LAW > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Juvenile delinquency > New York (State) > Amherst.
Juvenile delinquents > New York (State) > Amherst.
New York (State) > Amherst.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • America's safest cities
  • Confronting modernity and adolescence
  • Relational modernity
  • Beyond a street-corner view of delinquency
  • The trouble with youth in America's safest city
  • Suburbia's discontents
  • Safe-city offending
  • Safe cities and the struggle to be relationally modern.

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