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[...] Singer has a very different notion of relationality. He highlights the importance of complex relationships for supporting young people and shepherding them through the risky period of adolescence. -American Journal of Sociology Traditional delinquency theory is steeped in the world of impoverished inner cities and tough street corners. Yet today the sprawling suburbs are the setting for millions of adolescents struggling to make their way in a complex and technologically advanced world.Even in America's 'safest' suburban enclaves-typically showered with wealth and social services-the landscape is challenging and does not conform to popular stereotypes. Combining a rich set of original observations, detailed personal interviews, and surveys, Singer shows that while violent crime is rare, many a suburban teen is faltering. Delinquency and drug use are rampant and suicide tears at the social fabric. Simon Singer's nuanced data and conceptualization of relational modernity provide a fresh perspective on the sources of delinquency in contemporary society. -Robert J. Sampson,author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect No one should write about delinquency, juvenile justice, or suburban youth for that matter, without referencing this book! Singer takes on a personal journey into America's Safest City-one that is not far removed from his earlier award winning book, Recriminalizing Delinquency. This time he provides a fascinating look into the suburbanized lives of adolescents, and how they are able to avoid the criminality of less affluent, inner-city youth. But Singer has accomplished even more by drawing on a relationally modern theory of offending and its control, and in so doing he has moved criminology beyond its early 20th-century inner-city focus into today's contemporary world of safe city youth. -John Hagan,author of Who Are The Criminals? and Structural Criminology America's Safest City is an impressive book. It adds an inspiring theoretical idea to the criminological literature...The material is eminently well organized, and the manuscript reads exceedingly well. This is one of those rare academic books which is hard to put down before reaching the end. -Society Using a wealth of ethnographic research and detailed data, noted juvenile justice scholar Singer details how the occurrence of delinquency is effected and affected by where people live... This volume is packed with solid, illuminating findings. -Choice This book presents a thought-provoking and very readable account of why some (mostly affluent suburban) cities are relatively safe, while other (mostly impoverished inner) cities are not. Singer describes how adolescents in safe cities benefit from many sources of social support that help them to make a successful transition into young adulthood. -David P. Farrington,author of of Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Intervention

Traditional delinquency theory is steeped in the world of impoverished inner cities and tough street corners. Yet today the sprawling suburbs are the setting for millions of adolescents struggling to make their way in a complex and technologically advanced world.Even in America's 'safest' suburban enclaves-typically showered with wealth and social services-the landscape is challenging and does not conform to popular stereotypes. Combining a rich set of original observations, detailed personal interviews, and surveys, Singer shows that while violent crime is rare, many a suburban teen is faltering. Delinquency and drug use are rampant and suicide tears at the social fabric. Simon Singer's nuanced data and conceptualization of relational modernity provide a fresh perspective on the sources of delinquency in contemporary society. -Robert J. Sampson,author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect No one should write about delinquency, juvenile justice, or suburban youth for that matter, without referencing this book! Singer takes on a personal journey into America's Safest City-one that is not far removed from his earlier award winning book, Recriminalizing Delinquency. This time he provides a fascinating look into the suburbanized lives of adolescents, and how they are able to avoid the criminality of less affluent, inner-city youth. But Singer has accomplished even more by drawing on a relationally modern theory of offending and its control, and in so doing he has moved criminology beyond its early 20th-century inner-city focus into today's contemporary world of safe city youth. -John Hagan,author of Who Are The Criminals? and Structural Criminology America's Safest City is an impressive book. It adds an inspiring theoretical idea to the criminological literature...The material is eminently well organized, and the manuscript reads exceedingly well. This is one of those rare academic books which is hard to put down before reaching the end. -Society Using a wealth of ethnographic research and detailed data, noted juvenile justice scholar Singer details how the occurrence of delinquency is effected and affected by where people live... This volume is packed with solid, illuminating findings. -Choice This book presents a thought-provoking and very readable account of why some (mostly affluent suburban) cities are relatively safe, while other (mostly impoverished inner) cities are not. Singer describes how adolescents in safe cities benefit from many sources of social support that help them to make a successful transition into young adulthood. -David P. Farrington,author of of Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Intervention

No one should write about delinquency, juvenile justice, or suburban youth for that matter, without referencing this book! Singer takes on a personal journey into America's Safest City--one that is not far removed from his earlier award winning book, Recriminalizing Delinquency. This time he provides a fascinating look into the suburbanized lives of adolescents, and how they are able to avoid the criminality of less affluent, inner-city youth. But Singer has accomplished even more by drawing on a relationally modern theory of offending and its control, and in so doing he has moved criminology beyond its early 20th-century inner-city focus into today's contemporary world of safe city youth. -John Hagan, author of Who Are The Criminals? and Structural Criminology

No one should write about delinquency, juvenile justice, or suburban youth for that matter, without referencing this book! Singer takes on a personal journey into America's Safest City - one that is not far removed from his earlier award winning book, Recriminalizing Delinquency . This time he provides a fascinating look into the suburbanized lives of adolescents, and how they are able to avoid the criminality of less affluent, inner-city youth. But Singer has accomplished even more by drawing on a relationally modern theory of offending and its control, and in so doing he has moved criminology beyond its early 20th-century inner-city focus into today's contemporary world of safe city youth. -John Hagan, author of Who Are The Criminals? and Structural Criminology

Traditional delinquency theory is steeped in the world of impoverished inner cities and tough street corners. Yet today the sprawling suburbs are the setting for millions of adolescents struggling to make their way in a complex and technologically advanced world.Even in America's 'safest' suburban enclaves-typically showered with wealth and social services-the landscape is challenging and does not conform to popular stereotypes. Combining a rich set of original observations, detailed personal interviews, and surveys, Singer shows that while violent crime is rare, many a suburban teen is faltering. Delinquency and drug use are rampant and suicide tears at the social fabric. Simon Singer's nuanced data and conceptualization of relational modernity provide a fresh perspective on the sources of delinquency in contemporary society. -Robert J. Sampson,author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect This book presents a thought-provoking and very readable account of why some (mostly affluent suburban) cities are relatively safe, while other (mostly impoverished inner) cities are not. Singer describes how adolescents in safe cities benefit from many sources of social support that help them to make a successful transition into young adulthood. -David P. Farrington,author of of Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Intervention No one should write about delinquency, juvenile justice, or suburban youth for that matter, without referencing this book! Singer takes on a personal journey into America's Safest City-one that is not far removed from his earlier award winning book, Recriminalizing Delinquency. This time he provides a fascinating look into the suburbanized lives of adolescents, and how they are able to avoid the criminality of less affluent, inner-city youth. But Singer has accomplished even more by drawing on a relationally modern theory of offending and its control, and in so doing he has moved criminology beyond its early 20th-century inner-city focus into today's contemporary world of safe city youth. -John Hagan,author of Who Are The Criminals? and Structural Criminology

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Simon I. Singer is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Previously, he was Professor of Sociology at the University of Buffalo, SUNY. He is the author of Recriminalizing Delinquency: Violent Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice Reform (1996), winner of the American Sociological Association's 1999 Distinguished Scholar Award in Crime, Law and Deviance.

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