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• Introduction
• Summary
• Concept Integration: Questions and Topics for Study and Discussion, and References
• Preface
• I Conformity, Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency
• Introduction: The Sociological Perspective and Focus on Juvenile Delinquency
• 1 Juvenile Delinquency: The Act, Actor, and Audience
• What Is Juvenile Delinquency?
• A Synthesized Definition of Delinquency
• 2 A Sociological Overview: Society, Norms, Conformity and Deviant Behavior
• The Sociological Perspective
• The Social Nature of Humans
• Norms
• Sources of Norms
• Folkways and Mores
• Normative Behavior: Conformity
• Deviant Behavior: Nonconformity
• Negative Aspects of Deviance
• Positive Aspects of Deviance
• Juvenile Delinquency
• 3 The Dimensions of the Delinquency Problem
• Juvenile Delinquency Data
• Official Sources of Delinquency Information
• The Composite Delinquent Profile: Typical or Stereotypical?
• Unofficial Sources of Delinquency Information
• The Magnitude and Trends of Juvenile Delinquency: A Demographic Analysis
• Addendum: A Balanced Perspective of American Youth
• II Causes of Juvenile Delinquency
• Introduction: Theory and the Etiology of Juvenile Delinquency
• 4 Biological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency
• The Link between Biology and Behavior: Myths and Folklore
• The Classical School of Criminological Thought
• The Positive School of Criminology
• Twentieth-Century Constitutional Typologies
• The Continuing Search for the Biological Connection
• Sociobiological Explanations
• 5 Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency
• The Psychogenic Approach
• The Discovery of the Unconscious
• The Formation of Personality
• Freudian Theory as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency
• Psychoanalysis
• Projective Tests
• Delinquent Acts as Symptoms
• Other Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency
• A Psychological Typology of Delinquency
• Criticisms and Limitations of the Psychogenic Approach
• 6 Sociological Explanations of Delinquency: Social Strain and Cultural Transmission Theories
• Theory
• Social Strain Theories
• Cultural Transmission Theories
• 7 Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Learning and Social Control Theories
• Social Learning Theories
• Social Control Theories
• 8 Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Labeling and Radical Theories
• Labeling Theories
• Radical Theories
• An Overview of the Sociological Explanations
• III Juvenile Delinquency in a Social Context
• Introduction: Collective Behavior and Social Groupings
• 9 The Family and Juvenile Delinquency
• The Changing Role of the Family
• Increasing Importance of the Nuclear Family and the Creation of Adolescence
• The Family as an Agent of Socialization
• Working Mothers and Juvenile Delinquency
• Other Family Variables and Juvenile Delinquency
• Broken Homes and Delinquency
• The Family and Delinquency Prevention
• 10 Schools and Delinquency
• The School as an Arena
• Schools and the Socialization Process
• Juvenile Delinquency and the School Experience
• Schools as a Screening Device
• Schools as Combat Zones
• School as Bureaucracy
• Schools and Delinquency Prevention
• 11 The Youth Subculture
• Culture, Subcultures, and Countercultures
• The Creation of a Youth Subculture
• Role of the Youth Subculture
• Distinctive Elements of the Youth Subculture
• The Youth Subculture and Juvenile Delinquency
• Youth Countercultures and Delinquency
• The Youth Subculture and Delinquency Prevention
• 12 Juvenile Gangs and Delinquent Behavior
• The Solitary Delinquent
• Group Delinquency
• The Play Group
• The Juvenile Gang
• Contemporary Youth Gangs in the United States
• The Motives for Gang Membership
• Gang Organization
• Composition of Gang Membership
• Gang Violence
• Dyads and Triads
• Explanatory Theories of Gang Formation and Behavior: A Summary and Synthesis
• IV Social Control: The Juvenile Justice System
• Introduction: Elements of Social Control
• 13 Juveniles and the Police
• Juvenile Encounters with Police
• Policing Juveniles
• Police Discretion in Handling Juveniles
• Police and Due Process
• Police, Community Policing, and Delinquency Prevention
• 14 Juvenile Courts
• Historical Background of the Juvenile Courts
• The Child Savers'' Movement
• The Juvenile Court
• The Juvenile Court and Due Process
• Juvenile Court Procedures
• The Role of Attorneys in Juvenile Court
• Criticisms of the Juvenile Court
• The Multifaceted Juvenile Court
• The Future of the Juvenile Court
• 15 Juvenile Corrections
• Social Control and Deterrence Theory
• Voluntary Social Control
• Informal Social Control
• Formal Social Control
• Deinstitutionalization, Community Corrections, and Diversion
• Evaluation of Deinstitutionalization, Community Corrections, and Diversion
• V Strategies For Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency
• Introduction: Approaching Treatment and Prevention in a Social Context
• 16 Treatment and Prevention Strategies
• Treatment Ideology and Delinquency Treatment Programs
• Prevention Ideology and Delinquency Prevention Programs
• Sociological Approaches to Delinquency Treatment and Prevention
• Mobilizing the Community to Prevent Delinquency
• Evaluation of Delinquency Treatment and Prevention Strategies
• 17 Rethinking the Delinquency Problem
• The Social Nature of Juvenile Delinquency
• Eliminating the Marginal Status of Juveniles
• Standardization or Elimination of Juvenile Codes
• Decriminalization of Status Offenses
• Revision of the Juvenile Court
• Modification of Juvenile Corrections
• Strengthening the Family
• Changing the Educational System
• Redefining Juvenile Delinquency
• Glossary
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• Supplements
• Instructor Supplements
• Instructor''s Manual and Test Bank / 0-205-34282-5
• Computerized Test Bank (Windows CD-ROM and disk; Mac disk)(Sales Support)
• Student Supplements
• ContentSelect for Criminal Justice (PIN Required) / 0-205-35423-8 (http://www.ablongman.com/contentselect)
• ContentSelect Student PIN for Criminal Justice (Valuepack item only) / 0-205-35283-9
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