Juvenile delinquency : the core
"Juvenile Delinquency: The Core will help you better understand delinquency and its causes, as well as current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence. In this cutting-edge Third Edition, best-selling authors Larry J. Siegel and Brandon C. Welsh include new Case Profiles of real-life, at-risk juveniles who have overcome delinquency. And with this book's many resources, you'll find that you are studying more effectively and achieving success in the course. Each chapter includes Chapter Objectives (linked to point-by-point Summaries), Checkpoints, critical thinking questions, and much more."--Jacket
xxiv, 443 pages : illustrations
9780495095422, 9780495382805, 0495095427, 0495382809
1077886493
Ch. 1. Childhood and delinquency
Ch. 2. nature and extent of delinquency
Ch. 3. Individual views of delinquency : choice and trait
Ch. 4. Sociological views of delinquency
Ch. 5. Developmental views of delinquency
Ch. 6. Gender and delinquency
Ch. 7. family and delinquency
Ch. 8. Peers and delinquency : juvenile gangs and groups
Ch. 9. Schools and delinquency
Ch. 10. Drug use and delinquency
Ch. 11. history and development of juvenile justice
Ch. 12. Police work with juveniles
Ch. 13. Juvenile court process : pretrial, trial, and sentencing
Ch. 14. Juvenile corrections : probation, community treatment, and institutionalization