John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (4th edition, Sage, 2014), and he has published widely on issues in comparative youth justice and children's rights, including the co-edited companion volumes Youth Crime and Justice and Comparative Youth Justice (Sage, 2006). He has produced numerous Open University texts and readers, including Crime: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), Criminal Justice: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), The Problem of Crime (2nd edition, Sage, 2001), Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Sage, 2001) and Imprisonment: European Perspectives (Harvester, 1991). He has also contributed nine volumes to the The Sage Library of Criminology (Sage, 2007-2009). He is co-editor of the Sage journal Youth Justice: An International Journal.

Chapter 1: Images of Youth and Crime
Chapter 2: Histories of Youth and Crime
Chapter 3: Explaining Youth Crime I: Positivist Criminologies
Chapter 4: Explaining Youth Crime II: Developmental and Life Course Theories
Chapter 5: Explaining Youth Crime III: Radical and Realist Criminologies
Chapter 6: Youth Victimology
Chapter 7: Youth Cultures, Cultural Studies and Cultural Criminology
Chapter 8: Youth and Social Policy: Control, Regulation and Governance
Chapter 9: Youth Justice Strategies I: Welfare and Justice
Chapter 10: Youth Justice Strategies II: Policing, Prevention and Risk Management
Chapter 11: Youth Justice Strategies III: Custody, Punishment and Rights
Chapter 12: Comparative and International Youth Justice