Juvenile Delinquency, Crime and Social Marginalization

This book examines the psychosocial, legal, and familial factors at play in the persistence in crime and social marginalization in adults with a history of juvenile delinquency, setting out the political and social implications, and delineating new lines of research.

About the author

Miguel Basto Pereira is Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Applied Psychology (IPSA), Portugal. He has recently completed his doctorate in Applied Psychology, and was a Visiting Doctoral Student at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, UK. He has published several articles in peer-review journals on the topic of justice psychology.Ângela da Costa Maia is Lecturer in Applied Psychology at the University of Minho, Portugal, where she is also Vice President of the School of Psychology and coordinates the Research Unit on Victims, Offenders and the Justice System. She has led research projects funded by the Foundation of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defence.

Product details

• Authors: Miguel Basto Pereira, Angela da Costa Maia, Ângela Da Costa Maia, Angela Maia, Ângela da Costa Maia, Miguel Pereira, Miguel Basto Pereira
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781787436121
• ISBN: 978-1-78743-612-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 112 g
• Series: Emerald Points; Emerald Points
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Ursachen und Prävention von Kriminalität