Juvenile Delinquency

✍ Scribed by Donald J. Shoemaker

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 415
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Subjects: Social Science / Criminology
Courses: Criminal Justice & Criminology; Criminology; Juvenile Delinquency & Justice, Sociology; Family; Marriage & Family

Juvenile Delinquency offers a timely and comprehensive look at the issues of criminal behavior and justice related to young persons. In this highly accessible text, Donald J. Shoemaker grounds his readers with a historical perspective and the sociological parameters of delinquency, then presents a series of sharply focused chapters on schooling, religion, and family, as well as sections on drug use, gangs, and female delinquency. This new edition provides the reader with revised examples and updated statistics on crime and youth, enhanced coverage of female delinquency and gangs, as well as, revised material on treatment and intervention programs. It also features summaries and study questions at the end of each chapter. With a strong emphasis on the importance of theory and practice, Juvenile Delinquency is a must-read for understanding crime and youth culture.

• Revised examples and updated statistics throughout
• Updated theoretical material from recent research
• Author has enhanced the coverage of female delinquency
• Updated chapter on gangs
• Provides revised material on treatment and intervention programs
• Summaries and study questions wrap up each chapter

✦ Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The History of Juvenile Justice in America
3. The Measurement of Delinquency
4. The Classical School, Rational Choice, and Individualistic Explanations of Delinquency
5. Social Development and Delinquency
6. Social Process Theories
7. The Family and Delinquency
8. The School and Delinquency
9. Drug Use Among Youth
10. Juvenile Gangs
11. Female Delinquency
12. Labeling and Conflict Theories
13. The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System
14. Police and Courts
15. Juvenile Institutions, Treatment and Prevention of Delinquency