THE MANUAL PRESENTS SEPARATE ANALYSES OF EACH CHAPTER IN THE TEXT, DISCUSSING POINTS OF EMPHASIS; SUGGESTING TOPICS FOR GROUP DISCUSSION AND INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ASSIGNMENTS; AND PROVIDING SAMPLE ESSAY, MULTIPLE CHOICE, AND TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE TEXT. THE TEXT AND THE MANUAL COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; CLASSIFICATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS; CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN ADOLESCENTS; THE MULTIPLE PROBLEM FAMILY; AFFLUENT AND SUBURBAN DELINQUENCY; CAMPUS VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM; RACE AND THE JUVENILE OFFENDER; DRUGS; AND THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL IN DELINQUENCY. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOLS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, RELIABILITY OF DELINQUENCY STATISTICS, PREVENTION, POLICE APPROACHES TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER, DUE PROCESS FOR JUVENILES, LEGAL DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO THE JUVENILE'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAW, THE JUVENILE COURT, JUVENILE CORRECTIONS, AND TREATMENT OF THE JUVENILE OFFENDER. FOR THE COMPANION TEXTBOOK, SEE NCJ-49717. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--LKM)