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Author:

Ford, Jean (Jean Otto)

Title:

Rural crime and poverty : violence, drugs, and other issues / by Jean Otto Ford.

Publisher:

Mason Crest Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

96 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Rural youth--United States--Juvenile literature.
Poor youth--United States--Juvenile literature.
Rural youth--Drug use--United States--Juvenile literature.
Juvenile delinquency--United States--Juvenile literature.
Rural crimes--United States--Juvenile literature.
Rural youth--United States.
Poor youth--United States.
Rural youth--Drug use--United States.
Juvenile delinquency--United States.
Rural crimes--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and references (p. 90-93) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Defining the differences : diversity among poor, rural youth -- Dealing desperation : drugs and poverty and rural youth -- Deceptive dangers : marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco use -- Doomed daring : rural poverty and nonviolent crime -- Deadly dysfunction : rural poverty and violence.

Series:

Youth in rural North America

ISBN:

9781422200162
1422200167

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61859838

LCCN:

2005029002

Locations:

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

JDPC145 -- Manning Public Library (Manning)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)