Juvenile Delinquency : Mainstream and Crosscurrents
by Fuller, John RandolphEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-03-12
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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Summary
This unique & balanced book includes both critical & mainstream perspectives on delinquency & delinquents. The book encourages readers to actively explore juvenile delinquency's definitions, history, measurement, & theories. It also encourages readers to thoroughly examine the juvenile justice system. Relevant to both Criminal Justice & Sociology studies,Juvenile Delinquency: The Mainstream & Crosscurrentssituates the problems of delinquency within the social contexts of the 21st Century. It recognizes the problems of children caught up in crime and illuminates the issues of delinquency.
Author Biography
John Randolph Fuller has been a professor of criminology and sociology at the University of West Georgia for more than 25 years.
Table of Contents
| Juvenile Delinquency: Definitions, History, Measurement, and Cultural Comparisons | |
| What Is a Juvenile Delinquent? | |
| The Development of Social Control | |
| Measuring Delinquency | |
| International and Comparative Delinquency | |
| Theories of Delinquency | |
| Theoretical Foundations of Crime and Delinquency | |
| Biological and Psychological Theories of Delinquency | |
| Sociological Theories of Delinquency | |
| Critical, Life Course, and Integrated Theories | |
| Delinquency in Society | |
| Female Delinquency | |
| The Family and Delinquency | |
| Schools and Delinquency | |
| Youth Gangs and Delinquency | |
| Juvenile Justice System | |
| The Police | |
| The Juvenile Court | |
| Juvenile Corrections | |
| The Future of Delinquency and Juvenile Justice | |
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