THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION IN THE UNITED STATES - NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION

• NCJ Number: 32487
• Author(s): A P CARDARELLI; J P WALKER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 0 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0089
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Ohio State University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM SERIES A, NUMBER 6

Annotation

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR THEORIES, ASSUMPTIONS, STRATEGIES, THESES, AND ISSUES RELATED TO PREVIOUS AND CURRENT EFFORTS TO EXPLAIN AND PREVENT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

Abstract

ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE CONCEPTUAL CLASSIFICATION OF THEORIES AND ASSUMPTIONS ACCORDING TO WHETHER THE MAJOR FOCAL POINT IS THE INDIVIDUAL, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, OR SOCIAL INTERACTION. ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR EXPLANATIONS OF DELINQUENCY INDICATES PRIMARY ORIENTATION OF THEORISTS AND RESEARCHERS TO ONE OF THE THREE FOCAL POINTS, RATHER THAN TO THE INTERACTIVE ASPECTS OF ALL THREE LEVELS OF EXPLANATIONS. ALTHOUGH THE PRESENT ANALYSIS OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS INDICATES A DECIDED LACK OF CONGRUENCE BETWEEN THEORY, ASSUMPTIONS AND STRATEGIES, IT SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED SOLELY AS A REJECTION OF THEORY, BUT RATHER THE RESULT OF A RANGE OF CONSTRAINTS, FROM FUNDING TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, SEE NCJ-32488-90.