Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond : Results of the Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study

__Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond: Results of the Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study__ presents the status of juvenile crime and delinquency and its backgrounds in many of the European Union member states as well as in the United States, Canada, Venezuela and Surinam. The book includes information on key issues in juvenile delinquency such as victimization of young people, alcohol and drug use and its relation to juvenile crime, involvement in youth gangs, immigration, family and school and neighborhood situations. It provides insight into different views on what can be considered juvenile crime; what acts are subsumed in its definition and when we can speak about structural delinquent behavior. These insights are based on self-reported information systematically and simultaneously collected from about 70,000 12-15 year old youths in 28 countries. Until recently, the self-report methodology has not been applied on such a large scale in an international context. The results of this survey provide new and unexpected data about those young people who structurally commit criminal acts, as well as on the frequency of the behavior and the conditions that have an impact on offending. The wealth of descriptions and insights in delinquency of all these countries will be of great interest to scholars, students and practitioners because of the special character of the publication; it is a book of reference to everyone interested in the backgrounds of juvenile delinquency. History And Design Of The Isrd Studies / Josine Junger-tas ... [et Al.] -- Western Europe -- The Netherlands / Josine Junger-tas, Majone Steketee & Marit Moll -- Belgium / Nicole Vettenburg, Claire Gavray & Michel Born -- Germany / Dirk Enzmann -- France / Catherine Blaya -- Switzerland / Martin Killias ... [et Al.] -- Austria / Günter P. Stummvoll, Ingrid Kromer & Isabella Hager -- Anglo-saxon Countries -- Ireland / Jessica Breen ... [et Al.] -- Canada / Josée Savoie -- Usa / Imeke Haen Marshall & Ni He -- Northern Europe -- Finland / Venla Salmi & Janne Kivivuori -- Sweden / Jonas Ring & Lina Andersson -- Denmark / David W.m. Sorensen & Nanna Gabrielsen -- Mediterranean Countries -- Portugal / Silvia M. Mendes & Susana Carvalho -- Spain / Cristina Rechea Alberola & Raquel Bartolomé Gutiérrez -- Italy / Uberto Gatti ... [et Al.] -- Cyprus / Andrea Kapardis -- Eastern And Central European Countries -- Estonia / Anna Markina & Jüri Saar -- Lithuania / Svetlana Justickaja, Vaidas Kalpokas & Laura Ūselè -- Poland / Jacek Czabański ... [et Al.] -- Czech Republic / Jiri Burianek & Zuzana Podana -- Hungary / Orsolya Bolyky ... [et Al.] -- Slovenia / Bojan Dekleva & Spela Razpotnik -- Bosnia-herzegovina / Muhamed Budimlić, Almir Maljević & Elmedin Muratbegović -- Russia / Alexei Konnov ... [et Al.] -- Armenia / Anna Margaryan & Ara Gabuzyan -- Latin American Countries -- Venezuala / Christopher Birkbeck, Solbey Morillo & Freddy Crespo -- Surinam / Frank Bovenkerk & Ton Wolf -- The Netherlands Antilles And Aruba / Tim Boekhout Van Solinge ... [et Al.] -- Synthesis And Outlook / Josine Junger-tas ... [et Al.]. Josine Junger-tas ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond: Results of the Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study presents the status of juvenile crime and delinquency and its backgrounds in many of the European Union member states as well as in the United States, Canada, Venezuela and Surinam. The book includes information on key issues in juvenile delinquency such as victimization of young people, alcohol and drug use and its relation to juvenile crime, involvement in youth gangs, immigration, family and school and neighborhood situations. It provides insight into different views on what can be considered juvenile crime; what acts are subsumed in its definition and when we can speak about structural delinquent behavior." "These insights are based on self-reported information systematically and simultaneously collected from about 70,000 12-15 year old youths in 28 countries. Until recently, the self-report methodology has not been applied on such a large scale in an international context. The results of this survey provide new and unexpected data about those young people who structurally commit criminal acts, as well as on the frequency of the behavior and the conditions that have an impact on offending." "The wealth of descriptions and insights in delinquency of all these countries will be of great interest to scholars, students and practitioners because of the special character of the publication; it is a book of reference to everyone interested in the backgrounds of juvenile delinquency."--Jacket Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 12-12 History and Design of the ISRD Studies....Pages 1-11 The Netherlands....Pages 15-28 Belgium....Pages 29-46 Germany....Pages 47-64 France....Pages 65-77 Switzerland....Pages 79-95 Austria....Pages 97-109 Front Matter....Pages 110-110 Ireland....Pages 113-123 Canada....Pages 125-137 USA....Pages 139-157 Front Matter....Pages 158-158 Finland....Pages 161-172 Sweden....Pages 173-190 Denmark....Pages 191-202 Front Matter....Pages 202-202 Portugal....Pages 205-211 Spain....Pages 213-226 Italy....Pages 227-244 Cyprus....Pages 245-251 Front Matter....Pages 252-252 Estonia....Pages 255-265 Lithuania....Pages 267-278 Poland....Pages 279-292 Front Matter....Pages 252-252 Czech Republic....Pages 293-309 Hungary....Pages 311-325 Slovenia....Pages 327-340 Bosnia and Herzegovina....Pages 341-358 Russia....Pages 359-368 Armenia....Pages 369-382 Front Matter....Pages 382-382 Venezuela....Pages 385-398 Surinam....Pages 399-407 The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba....Pages 409-422 Synthesis and Outlook....Pages 423-427 Back Matter....Pages 429-434