WRITTEN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, THEORIES OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR, THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL FACTORS, AND THE ROLE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN DELINQUENCY ARE DISCUSSED. CLASSIFICATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS. AFFLUENT AND SUBURBAN DELINQUENCY, AND THE RELIABILITY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY STATISTICS ARE EXAMINED. THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOLS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, POLICE-JUVENILE RELATIONS, DUE PROCESS, JUVENILE COURT AUTHORITY, AND JUVENILE RIGHTS ARE COVERED. THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER BRIEFLY DELVES INTO JUVENILE OFFENDER TREATMENT. APPENDED MATERIAL INCLUDES MODEL RULES FOR JUVENILE COURTS, THE UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT, AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF JUVENILES.