[PDF] The Perversion Of Youth eBook

Author : Frank C. DiCataldo
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 2009-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0814720021

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Over the past two decades, concern about adolescent sex offenders has grown at an astonishing pace, garnering heated coverage in the media and providing fodder for television shows like Law & Order. Americans’ reaction to such stories has prompted the unquestioned application to adolescents of harsh legal and clinical intervention strategies designed for serious adult offenders, with little attention being paid to the psychological maturity of the offender. Many strategies being used today to deal with juvenile sex offenders—and even to define what criteria to use in defining "juvenile sex offender"—do not have empirical support and, Frank C. DiCataldo cautions, may be doing more harm to children and society than good. The Perversion of Youth critiques the current system and its methods for treating and categorizing juveniles, and calls for a major reevaluation of how these cases should be managed in the future. Through an analysis of the history of the problem and an empirical review of the literature, including specific cases and their outcomes, DiCataldo demonstrates that current practices are based more on our collective fears and moral passions than on any supportive science or sound policy.

Author : jan jagodzinski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 2004-08-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1403980829

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Youth Fantasies is a collection of studies conducted in cross-cultural collaboration over the past ten years that theorizes 'youth fantasy'; as manifested through the media of TV, film, and computer games. Unlike other media studies and education books, the authors employ both Lacanian and Kleinian psychoanalytic concepts to attempt to make sense of teen culture and the influence of mass media. The collection includes case studies of X-Files fans, the influence of computer games and the 'Lara Croft' phenomenon, and the reception of Western television by Tanzanian youth. The authors see this book as a much needed reconciliation between cultural studies and Lacanian psychoanalysis, and attempt to highlight why Lacan is important to note when exploring youth fantasy and interest in the media, especially in shows like X-Files .

Author : Stephanie S. Swales
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 25,89 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0415501288

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First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Judah Oudshoorn
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1551308851

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Most youth who come in conflict with the law have experienced some form of trauma, yet many justice professionals are ill-equipped to deal with the effects trauma has on youth and instead reinforce a system that further traumatizes young offenders while ignoring the needs of victims. By taking a trauma-informed perspective, this text provides a much-needed alternative--one that allows for interventions based on principles of healing and restorative justice, rather than on punishment and risk assessment. In addition to providing a comprehensive historical overview of youth justice in Canada, Judah Oudshoorn addresses the context of youth offending by examining both individual trauma--including its emotional, cognitive, and behavioural effects--and collective trauma. The author tackles some of the most difficult problems facing youth justice today, especially the ongoing cycles of intergenerational trauma caused by the colonization of Indigenous peoples and patriarchal violence, and demonstrates how a trauma-informed approach to youth justice can work toward preventing crime and healing offenders, victims, and communities. Featuring a foreword written by Howard Zehr, case stories from the author's own work with victims and offenders, questions for reflection, and annotated lists of recommended readings, this engaging text is the perfect resource for college and university students in the field of youth justice.

Author : Howard Paul Becker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,20 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Adolescence
ISBN : 9780415176675

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.