Exploring Delinquency: Causes and Control (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195329728)

Exploring Delinquency: Causes and Control is the most comprehensive set of readings available in the study of juvenile delinquency. The articles are organized into discrete topics. A brief overview introduces each topic, including a synopsis of each reading.

This anthology exposes students to the many dimensions of delinquency theory and research, including work by some of the foremost scholars in the field. Coverage includes such controversial issues as criminalizing the juvenile court, due-process-of-law guarantees for juveniles, adolescent drug involvement, television violence, boot camps, and racial bias.

Author: Dean G. Rojek
ISBN-10: 0195329724
ISBN-13: 9780195329728
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1996
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.83lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.97d