Youth, Crime and Police Work

This book is about the policing and punishment of young people outside the formal court system in England and Wales. It describes and analyzes how police discretionary powers have been exercised in relation to young people both historically and in the contemporary context. Lee (sociology, U. of Essex) looks in detail at the use of police cautioning as an alternative to the court system and examines the multi-agency approach to managing youth crime. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.