This engaging, student-friendly text takes a critical look at the subject of juvenile delinquency today. Authors Kristin Bates and Richelle Swan examine the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency in the context of real communities and social policies, integrating the many social factors that shape juvenile delinquency and its control (including race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, gender, and sexuality). Offering a thorough mix of traditional and cutting-edge theories, research, and practices, this text helps students answer many of the difficult questions on juvenile delinquency that they will face in their careers and lives. INDICE: PART I: Understanding Juvenile DelinquencyChapter 1: Understanding Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse SocietyChapter 2: The Creation of DelinquencyChapter 3: Understanding Delinquency: Data, Correlates and TrendsPART II: Theories of Juvenile DelinquencyChapter 4: Micro level TheoriesChapter 5: Macrolevel TheoriesChapter 6: Critical TheoriesPART III: The Social Contexts of Juvenile DelinquencyChapter 7: The Family in ContextChapter 8: Schools In ContextChapter 9: Peers and Gangs in ContextChapter 10: Drugs in ContextPART IV: Responses to Juvenile DelinquencyChapter 11: Why a Separate Juvenile Justice System?Chapter 12: The Process of the Juvenile CourtChapter 13: Juvenile CorrectionsChapter 14: Preventative, Rehabilitative, and Restorative Approaches to Delinquency
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-9812-3
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 472
- Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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