Robert M. Regoli,
University of Colorado-Boulder John D. Hewitt,
Grand Valley State University Matthew DeLisi,
Iowa State University
ISBN: 0073401544 Copyright year: 2008
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Defining Delinquency
Chapter 2. Measuring Delinquency
Chapter 3. Violent Youth Crime
Chapter 4. Illegal Drug Use and Delinquency
Chapter 5. Individual Theories of Delinquency: Choice and Trait Explanations
Chapter 6. Sociological Theory: Cultural Deviance, Strain, and Social Control
Chapter 7. Sociological Theory: Labeling and Conflict Explanations
Chapter 8. Developmental Theories
Chapter 9. Female Delinquency Theories
Chapter 10. The Family and Delinquency
Chapter 11. Schools and Delinquency
Chapter 12. Peer Group and Gang Delinquency
Chapter 13. Police and Delinquency
Chapter 14. The Juvenile Court
Chapter 15. Juvenile Corrections
Appendix
Constitutional Due Process: Selected Amendments to the United States Constitution
References
Glossary
Indexes
Name Index
Subject Index
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