%0 Journal Article
%T Adolescents as offenders, social order, and the morality of work in a postindustrial society: The Australian experience
%J Journal of criminal justice
%D 1996
%A Bessant, Judith
%V 24
%N 6
%P 523-535
%X This article argues that traditional views of employment as both financially necessary and morally imperative for guaranteeing a relatively smooth transition from adolescence to responsible adult status are naive in the context of a postindustrial society. Increased youth unemployment since the mid-1970s has excited considerable anxiety and debate about the criminal potential of<p />
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0047-2352
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(96)00037-2