Juvenile Delinquency: The Core
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In under 500 pages, Siegel and Welsh's JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THE CORE, 4e helps readers understand the nature of delinquency, its causes, and current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence. The authors review recent legal cases, research studies, and policy initiatives. A new boxed feature emphasizes success stories in intervention, while career profiles offer invaluable insight into related jobs—from those who live them every day. Completely current, the Fourth Edition offers enhanced coverage of emerging policies and programs, juvenile hate crime, social reaction and labeling theories, learning problems and delinquency, gangs, drugs, and capital punishment for juveniles. Booknews This text presents theories, policies, and issues of juvenile delinquency, and addresses the nature and extent of delinquency, causes of delinquent behavior, and environmental influences. Material on juvenile justice touches on areas including the use of pretrial detention, waiver to adult court, and restorative justice programs. Boxed readings look at controversial issues, new research, Supreme Court cases, and major initiatives and programs. Learning features include chapter summaries, discussion questions, and key terms, plus b&w photos. The author is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceCh. 1Childhood and Delinquency1Ch. 2The Nature and Extent of Delinquency22Ch. 3Individual Views of Delinquency46Ch. 4Sociological Views of Delinquency78Ch. 5Developmental Views of Delinquency106Ch. 6Gender and Delinquency130Ch. 7The Family and Delinquency155Ch. 8Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups184Ch. 9Schools and Delinquency212Ch. 10Drug Use and Delinquency237Ch. 11The History and Development of Juvenile Justice264Ch. 12Police Work with Juveniles291Ch. 13Juvenile Court Process: Pretrial, Trial, and Sentencing311Ch. 14Juvenile Corrections: Probation, Community Treatment, and Institutionalization343Concluding Notes376AppendixGlossaryNotesName IndexSubject IndexPhotograph Credits
