Renegade Kids, Suburban Outlaws: From Youth Culture to Delinquency (The Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice)

Type

Book

Authors

Wayne S. Wooden

ISBN 10

0534240127

ISBN 13

9780534240127

Tags

Psychology & Counseling, Behavioral Sciences, Social Issues, Criminology, Urban, Social Services & Welfare, Public Policy, Sociology

Description

This examination of youth culture studies teenage social groups in suburban Los Angeles who are on the fringes of the mainstream. Wooden uses qualitative research strategies to find out how basically "good" kids move from being "renegades" to "outlaws". Accordingly, the book investigates everything from the harmless life of the "mall rat" to the volatile and dangerous world of tagger crews, skin-heads, and culture in the California Youth Authority. The author quotes from the popular media to highlight his points and make conceptual material relevant for students. - from Amzon

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