This is Volume III of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1970, this study analyses crime and touches on areas of the extent, as a social problem, the expansion and distribution of crime and a theory on juvenile delinquency.Biographical Note, Introduction, 1. The extent of crime, 2. Crime as a social problem, 3. The theory of juvenile delinqueney, 4. The expansion and distribution of crime, 5. Final considerations, Notes, IndexUS? 1970 Manuel L?pez-Rey