Juvenile Delinquency

About the Authors
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Ch 1: Childhood and Delinquency
	The Risks and Rewards of Adolescence
	The Problems of Youth
	Juvenile Delinquency
	The Development of Childhood
	Developing Juvenile Justice
	Status Offenders
Ch 2: The Nature and Extent of Delinquency
	Measuring Delinquency
	Crime Trends in the United States
	Correlates of Delinquency
	Chronic Offending: Careers in Delinquency
	Juvenile Victimization
Ch 3: Individual Views of Delinquency: Choice and Trait
	Choice Theory
	Choice Theory and Delinquency Prevention
	Trait Theories: Biosocial and Psychological Views
	Biosocial Theories of Delinquency
	Psychological Theories of Delinquency
Ch 4: Sociological Views of Delinquency
	Social Factors and Delinquency
	Social Structure Theories
	Social Process Theories: Socialization and Delinquency
	Critical Theory
	Theory and Delinquency Prevention
Ch 5: Developmental Views of Delinquency: Life Course, Latent Trait, and Trajectory
	The Life Course View
	Life Course Concepts
	Age-Graded Theory
	The Latent Trait/Propensity View
	Trajectory Theory
	Evaluating the Developmental View
Ch 6: Gender and Delinquency
	Gender Differences in Development
	Gender and Delinquency
	Trait Views
	Socialization Views
	Feminist Views
	Gender and the Juvenile Justice System
Ch 7: The Family and Delinquency
	The Changing American Family
	The Family\'s Influence on Delinquency
	Child Abuse and Neglect
	Abuse, Neglect, and Delinquency
Ch 8: Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups
	Adolescent Peer Relations
	Youth Gangs
	Contemporary Gangs
	Why Do Youths Join Gangs?
	Controlling Gang Activity
Ch 9: Schools and Delinquency
	The School in Modern American Society
	Dropping Out
	Academic Performance and Delinquency
	Delinquency in Schools
	The Role of the School in Delinquency Prevention
	Legal Rights in the School
Ch 10: Drug Use and Delinquency
	Frequently Abused Drugs
	Drug Use Today
	Why Do Youths Take Drugs?
	Pathways to Drug Abuse
	Drug Use and Delinquency
	Drug Control Strategies
	What Does the Future Hold?
Ch 11: Delinquency Prevention and Juvenile Justice Today
	Delinquency Prevention
	Early Prevention of Delinquency
	Prevention of Delinquency in the Teenage Years
	Juvenile Justice Today
	A Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Strategy
	The Future of Delinquency Prevention and Juvenile Justice
Ch 12: Police Work with Juveniles
	History of Juvenile Policing
	Police and Juvenile Offenders
	Police and the Rule of Law
	Discretionary Justice
	Police Work and Delinquency Prevention
	Future of Juvenile Policing
Ch 13: Juvenile Court Process: Pretrial, Trial, and Sentencing
	The Juvenile Court and Its Jurisdiction
	Juvenile Court Process
	Transfer to the Adult Court
	Juvenile Court Trial
	Future of the Juvenile Court
Ch 14: Juvenile Corrections: Probation, Community Treatment, and Institutionalization
	Juvenile Probation
	Probation Innovations
	Secure Corrections
	Juvenile Institutions Today: Public and Private
	The Institutionalized Juvenile
	Correctional Treatment for Juveniles
	The Legal Right to Treatment
	Juvenile Aftercare and Reentry
	Future of Juvenile Corrections
Notes
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index