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Book Reviews 589 The most intellectually stimulating parts of the book are those chapters that present unexpected material or approach a topic from an unusual angle. The chapters on girls, aboriginal youth, youth, sex and violence (chapter 7) and ethnic gangs, rioting and policing of young people (chapter 8) in this respect constitute the core of the book. The material from young women’s case files in the appendix deepens the analysis of offending by girls, as does the discussion of social media and cyber-bullying. The explor- ation of racism and over-representation of indigenous youth is enhanced by discussion of significant socioeconomic decline in rural Australia and the resulting fear of Aboriginal violence. The analysis of youth, sex and violence is built around the presentation of a brutal sexual assault and murder. The authors show how that crime morphed in the system from an act of extreme sexual violence to a killing that had appeared to have almost no sexual dimension whatsoever. This provides the platform for a wide-ranging discussion that speaks directly to policy makers about the limits of the criminal justice system and violence prevention. There are two key messages in the analysis of gangs and policing of
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE
Published: Dec 1, 2015
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