Exploring Delinquency Causes and Control [Paperback]

Exploring Delinquency: Causes and Controlis 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.



I. Delinquency And Juvenile Justice
Chapter 1. What Stays the Same in History?
Bernard
Chapter 2.
A. Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 1992
B. How Juveniles Get to Criminal Court
C. The Juvenile Court's Response to Violent Crime
Chapter 3. Public Attitudes Toward Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice: Implications
Schwartz, Guo, and Kerbs
II. Legal Issues
Chapter 4. In re Gault
Chapter 5.New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Chapter 6.Qutb et al. v. Strauss et al.
Chapter 7. In re Gault Revisited: A Cross-State Comparison of the Right to Counsel in
Feld
III. Measuring Delinquency
Chapter 8. Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A Focus on Violence
Snyder and Sickmund
Chapter 9. National Survey Results on Drug Use
Johnston, O'Malley, and Bachman
Chapter 10. Culture, Gender, and Delinquency: A Study of Youths in the United States
Hartjen and Kethineni
Chapter 11. Serious Violent Offenders: Onset Development Course, and Termination
Elliott
Chapter 12. Minorities and the Juvenile Justice System: A Research Summary
Pope and Feyerherm
IV. Theories of Delinquency: Inherited Versus Learned Behavior
Chapter 13. Biological PersplÃF