Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Patterns of crime -- patterns of control -- Introduction -- Definitions of crime -- Communities of crime and poverty -- Studies of criminality -- Causes of criminality -- Patterns of intervention -- Changes in society and their influence -- Relationships and communities -- References -- 2 The sources and the styles of evidence -- Introduction -- Research and policy -- Listening to experience: semi-structured interviews -- The presentation of the data -- References -- 3 The experience of home -- Introduction -- Types of dysfunctional families -- Instability in the home -- The effects of isolation -- Closely observed parents -- Violence and its effects -- References -- 4 Separate neighbourhoods: parents' attitudes to schools -- Introduction -- Attitudes to school -- Parents, schools and truancy -- Parental responsibility and schools -- Truancy and the social services -- References -- 5 The best days of your life? The personal experience of school -- Introduction -- The informal aspects of school -- The culture of disruption -- The pervasiveness of bullying -- Bullies and victims -- Bullying and criminality -- Bullies, gangs and competition -- Boredom with school -- Reactions to the demands of school -- References -- 6 The immediate causes of exclusion -- Introduction -- Reactions to teachers -- The development of disengagement from school -- The imposition of discipline -- Truancy and exclusion -- The point of no return -- Alienation from school -- References -- 7 Peer groups: the alternative society -- Introduction -- Escaping the demands of school -- Types of conformity -- The attractions of esteem -- The society of gangs -- References -- 8 The world outside: domestic reality and fantasy -- Introduction -- Alternative definitions of social norms.

Regrets about the past -- The overlapping worlds of work and crime -- Visions of normality -- The realities of everyday experience -- References -- 9 The self and the social world: relationships with parents -- Introduction -- The perils of indifference -- Physical and psychological neglect -- The role of dialogue -- Violent emotions and violent acts -- The effects of inadequate parenting -- References -- 10 Anger and despair: the causes of behaviour -- Introduction -- The loss of self-control -- Reactions to provocation -- Knowing their limitations -- The loss of self-esteem -- References -- 11 Perpetuation: the following generation -- Introduction -- Children's analysis of parental limitations -- The perpetuation of parental limitation -- The breakdown of relationships and their consequences -- References -- Conclusion -- References -- INDEX.