Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Definition of Juvenile Delinquency -- Brief History of Delinquency -- Juvenile Delinquency Law in Illinois -- Plan of This Book -- Study Questions -- Chapter 2 The History of JuvenileJustice in America -- Nineteenth-Century Reform Efforts and Practices -- Long-Term Juvenile Institutions -- Late Nineteenth-Century Developments -- The First Delinquency Law and the Establishment of the Juvenile Court -- Early Twentieth-Century Developments -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 3 The Measurement of Delinquency -- Arrest Data -- Arrest Patterns -- Gender -- Race -- Age -- National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) -- Juvenile Court Data -- Self-Report Data -- Reliability and Validity Issues or Concerns -- Conclusions of Self-Report Studies -- Cohort Studies -- Victimization Studies -- A Note on Hate Crimes -- Other Methods -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 4 The Classical School, Rational Choice, and Individualistic Explanations of Delinquency -- The Classical School -- Rational Choice Theory and Delinquency -- Lombroso and the Positive School -- Early Biological Explanations of Delinquency -- Inheritance and Delinquency -- Somatotypes and Delinquency -- Contemporary Biological Explanations of Delinquency -- Inheritance and Delinquency: Newer Studies -- Somatotype Studies Continued -- Learning Disabilities -- Conditionability (ANS) and Delinquency -- Psychological Explanations of Delinquency -- The Psychoanalytic View -- Intelligence and Delinquency -- Personality Factors -- The Psychopathic Personality -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 5 Social Development and Delinquency -- Kohlberg's Moral Development Model -- Social Development Model -- Pathways to Delinquency -- Moffitt's Research.

A General Theory of Crime: Another Viewof Persistent Criminality -- Sampson and Laub and Turning Points in Criminal Careers -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 6 Social Process Theories -- Differential Association Theory -- Discussion of the Theory -- A Note on Exposure to Media Violence and Delinquency -- Drift Theory -- Control Theories -- Internal Controls -- Social Control Theory: The Social Bond -- Institutional Connections and Delinquency -- Religion and Delinquency -- A Note on General Strain Theory -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 7 The Family and Delinquency -- "Broken Homes" and Delinquency -- Family Relationships and Delinquency -- The "Inheritance" of Delinquency -- Corporal Punishment and Delinquency -- Child Abuse and Delinquency -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 8 Schools and Delinquency -- The School as a Source of Motivation for Delinquency -- School Dropout and Delinquency -- School Safety -- Effects of School Shootings and Violence and Prevention Efforts -- Delinquency Preventionthrough Early Childhood Education -- Legal Rights of Students at School -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 9 Drug Use among Youth -- Extent and Patterns of Juvenile Drug Use -- Correlates of Drug Use -- Geographical -- Social -- Explanations of Juvenile Drug Use -- Macro Explanations -- Social-Psychological Factors -- Personality Factors -- Drug Use and Delinquency -- Treatment and Prevention of Drug Use among Juveniles -- Drug Courts -- Preventing Drug Use among Youth -- D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 10 Juvenile Gangs -- Studies of Youth Gangs -- Thrasher's Study of Gangs in Chicago -- Whyte's Study of Gangs in Boston -- Yablonsky's Study of Violent Gangs in New York City -- Surveys of Gangs: The 1970s to the Present -- Miller's National Survey of Gangs in the 1970s.

Klein's National Survey of Gangs in the 1990s -- National Youth Gang Surveys -- Summary of Gang Studies -- MS-13: A "New" Gang Problem? -- Gang Identification -- Representing -- Graffiti and Hand Gestures -- Another Look at Female Gangs -- Why Do Youths Join Gangs? -- Structural Factors -- Psychological and Personal Reasons for Joining a Gang -- Why Do Gang Members Leave the Gang? -- Attempts to Prevent or Control Gangs -- Gang Suppression -- Community-Based Prevention Programs -- School-Based Gang Prevention -- Comprehensive Gang-Prevention Efforts -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 11 Female Delinquency -- Who Are Female Delinquents? -- Girls and Status Offenses -- Girls, Delinquency, and Theory -- Biological Explanations -- Social Role Theory -- Liberation Theory -- Power Control Theory -- Feminist Perspectives -- Additional Considerations -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 12 Labeling and Conflict Theories -- Key Concepts of Labeling Theory -- Discussion of the Theory -- Labeling and Self-Concept -- Labeling and Behavior -- Connections with Juvenile Justice -- Conflict Theories -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 13 The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System -- An Overview of the Modern Juvenile Justice System -- The Processing of Cases through the System -- Transferring Cases from Juvenile Court Jurisdiction to Adult Court Jurisdiction -- Legal Guidelines for Waiver Decisions -- Confinement Consequences of Transfers -- Blended Sentences -- Other Considerations -- Diversion -- Restorative Justice -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 14 Police and Courts -- The Police -- The Role of the Police in Juvenile Justice -- Processing Cases -- The Court System -- Decision-Making Factors -- The Police -- Racial and Ethnic Profiling -- Situational or Interpersonal Factors -- Organizational Factors -- The Courts -- Other Considerations.

Summary -- Supreme Court Cases Affecting the Rights o fJuveniles Processed by the Police and Courts -- Diversion -- Youth Courts -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Chapter 15 Juvenile Institutions and theTreatment and Prevention of Delinquency -- Juvenile Correctional Institutions -- Detention Centers or Homes -- Correctional Facilities -- Characteristics of Long-Term Institutions -- Structural Organization -- Effectiveness of Correctional Institutions -- Treatment Programs within Institutions -- Treatment and Prevention Programs -- Delinquency-Prevention Programs -- A Note on Treatment and Prevention-Program Evaluation -- Summary -- Study Questions -- References -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- The History of JuvenileJustice in America -- Chapter 3 -- The Measurement ofDelinquency -- Chapter 4 -- The Classical School, Rational Choice, andIndividualistic Explanations of Delinquency -- Chapter 5 -- Social Developmentand Delinquency -- Chapter 6 -- Social Process Theories -- Chapter 7 -- The Family and Delinquency -- Chapter 8 -- Schools and Delinquency -- Chapter 9 -- Drug Use among Youth -- Chapter 10 -- Juvenile Gangs -- Chapter 11 -- Female Delinquency -- Chapter 12 -- Labeling and Conflict Theories -- Chapter 13 -- The Contemporary JuvenileJustice System -- Chapter 14 -- Police and Courts -- Chapter 15 -- Juvenile Institutions and theTreatment and Prevention of Delinquency -- Index.

With an emphasis on the importance of theory and practice, Juvenile Delinquency is a timely and comprehensive introduction to crime, justice, and young people. Updated throughout, the third edition features new information about gangs and prevention, the impact of race and gender on crime and justice, and more comparative/international examples.

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