NCJ Number
38675
Editor(s)
R GIALLOMBARDO
Date Published
1976
Length
622 pages
Annotation
A TEXTBOOK CONTAINING 46 ARTICLES AND ESAAYS COVERING THE MAJOR ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, FROM THE MEASUREMENT AND DEFINITION OF DELINQUENCY TO THE CAUSES, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
THE SELECTIONS REPRINTED IN THIS VOLUME ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, ARTICLES FROM PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE OR LENGTHY SELECTIONS FROM MAJOR BOOKS. THESE WERE INCLUDED FOR THEIR SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DELINQUENCY OR THEIR THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION OF DELINQUENCY. MAJOR TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF DELINQUENCY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR, THE EMPIRICAL STRUCTURE OF DELINQUENT GROUPS, THE LEGAL PROCESSING OF DELINQUENCY, AND DELINQUENCY TREATMENT AND PREVENTION.