Juvenile Delinquency, 9/e

Teaches students the ways to
understand, explain, control, and prevent juvenile
delinquency.

Taking a sociological approach, this text
discusses delinquency as it relates to and emerges from the youth's
family, neighborhood, school, peer group, social class, and overall
cultural and social environment. The authors incorporate
contributions from sociologists, psychologists, social workers,
criminologists, and other specialists, who have sought to
understand, explain, control, and prevent juvenile delinquency.

Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers will be
able to:

Understand the causes of juvenile delinquency in both the US
and other countries.
Use theoretical ideas to explain the cause of juvenile
delinquency.
Discuss preventive measures to juvenile delinquency.
Analyze various studies on juvenile delinquency and apply
theories to real-life situations.

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