NCJ Number
50713
Date Published
1976
Length
304 pages
Annotation
AN OVERVIEW OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IS PROVIDED IN THIS TEXTBOOK WHICH INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF THE CAUSES AND NATURE OF DELINQUENCY, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract
THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER PROVIDES INFORMATION ON DEVIANTS AND DELINQUENTS AND THE SOCIAL REALITY OF DELINQUENCY. DELINQUENCY LAWS, OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED DELINQUENCY, AND ADOLESCENT MISBEHAVIOR HIDDEN BY INFORMAL DIVERSION ARE ADDRESSED. THE POLICE, COURTS, AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (THE JUVENILE COURT AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION AND JUVENILE COURT DECISIONMAKING), THEORIES AND APPROACHES PERTAINING TO DELINQUENCY CAUSATION (BIOGENIC, PSYCHOGENIC, AND SOCIOGENIC THEORIES OF DELINQUENCY), WORKING CLASS PATTERNS OF DELINQUENCY (THE ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DELINQUENCY, DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES, AND PERSONALITY PATTERNS OF GANGS), MIDDLE CLASS DELINQUENCY, FEMALE DELINQUENCY, AND BEHAVIORAL FORMS OF DELINQUENCY (JUVENILE AGGRESSION) ARE CONSIDERED. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON DELINQUENCY FOCUS ON ENGLAND, WITH RESPECT TO SOCIAL CHANGE AND AFFLUENCE. THE REMAINING CHAPTERS CONCERN CORRECTIONAL PROCESSES AND DELINQUENT CAREERS (LABELING THEORY, CORRECTIONAL OUTCOME MEASUREMENT, TRAINING SCHOOL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, AND EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT), DIRECTIONS IN JUVENILE JUSTICE (ALTERNATIVES TO COURT REFERRAL AND COURT ACTION, PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION, AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION), AND A PROPOSITIONAL INVENTORY ON DELINQUENCY. EACH CHAPTER INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION, SUMMARY, AND FOOTNOTES. TABULAR DATA AND AN INDEX, BUT NO BIBLIOGRAPHY, ARE PROVIDED. (DEP)