Schmalleger and Bartollas� Juvenile Delinquency is an up-to-date exploration of the causes and consequences
of delinquent behavior based on the latest theoretical understandings of delinquency and on the real-life experiences
of young people today. Juvenile Delinquency highlights �life course� aspects of delinquency - the authors attempt
to identify how delinquency begins, how it persists, and/or how it terminates in the lives of individuals.
The book brings together an author team renowned for their quality writing and experience in the field of delinquency
prevention.
Table of Contents
PART I. The Nature and Extent of Delinquency
Chapter 1. Adolescence and Delinquency
Chapter 2. The Measurement and Nature of Delinquency
PART II. The Causes of Delinquency
Chapter 3. Individual Causes of Delinquency
Chapter 4. Social Structural Causes of Delinquency
Chapter 5. Social Process Theories of Delinquency
Chapter 6. Social Interactionist Theories of Delinquency
PART III. Environmental Influences on Delinquency
Chapter 7. Gender and Delinquency
Chapter 8. The Family and Delinquency
Chapter 9. The School and Delinquency
Chapter 10. Gangs and Delinquency
Chapter 11. Drugs and Delinquency
PART IV. Preventing and Controlling Delinquency
Chapter 12. Prevention, Diversion, and Treatment
Chapter 13. The Juvenile Justice Process
Chapter 14. The Police and the Juvenile
Chapter 15. The Juvenile Court
Chapter 16. Juvenile Corrections
