Revised edition of the authors' Juvenile delinquency, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-432) and indexes.

Part I. Conformity, Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency -- 1. A Sociological Approach to Juvenile Delinquency -- 2. Dimensions of Juvenile Delinquency Part II. Causes of Juvenile Delinquency -- 3. Classical, Biological, and Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency -- 4. Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Strain and Cultural Transmission Theories -- 5. Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Learning and Social Control Theories -- 6. Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Labeling and Radical/ Conflict Theories -- 7. Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Maturation/Life-Course, Rational Choice/Deterrence, and Feminist Theories -- Part III. Juvenile Delinquency in a Social Context -- 8. Family and Juvenile Delinquency -- 9. Schools and Delinquency -- 10. Youth Subcultures and Delinquency -- 11. Juvenile Gangs and Delinquency -- Part IV. Applied Theory: Social Control and the Juvenile Justice System -- 12. Juveniles and the Police -- 13. Juvenile Courts -- 14. Juvenile Corrections -- Part V. Applied Theory: Strategies for Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency -- 15. Treatment and Prevention Strategies -- 16. Rethinking the Delinquency Problem.

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