• Introduction • The Political and Economic Context of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice • The Family and Delinquency • Schools and Delinquency • The Community and Delinquency • Peer associations and Delinquency • The Social Context of Delinquency Theories • The Social Context of Juvenile Justice • The Infl uence of the Political Economy on the Practice of Juvenile Justice  ChaPTEr OU...

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Synopsis: The core issue for this study concerns the social and political consequences of the rise of knowledge societies, in particular the capacity of the Internet for strengthening democratic participation, social capital, and civic engagement in Britain. To consider these issues, Part I summarizes debates about the impact of the Internet on the public sphere. The main influence of this deve...