Juvenile Delinquency, the Core

1. Childhood and Delinquency.2. The Nature and Extent of Delinquency.3. Individual Views of Delinquency: Choice and Trait.4. Sociological Views of Delinquency.5. Developmental Views of Delinquency: Life Course and Latent Trait.6. Gender and Delinquency.7. The Family and Delinquency.8. Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups.9. Schools and Delinquency.10. Drug Use and Delinquency.11. Delinquency Prevention and Juvenile Justice Today.12. Police Work with Juveniles.13. Juvenile Court Process: Pretrial, Trial, and Sentencing.14. Juvenile Corrections: Probation, Community Treatment, and Institutionalization.