Adolescents, Crime, and the Media A Critical Analysis /

• Main Author: Ferguson, Christopher J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Mass media.; Law.; Criminology.; Sociology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Sociology, general.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Child and School Psychology.; Media Law.

A campus shooting. A gang assault. A school bus ambush. With each successive event, fingers are pointed at the usual suspects: violent films, bloody video games, explicit web sites. But to what extent can—or should—the media be implicated in youth crime? And are today's sophisticated young peop...