NCJ Number
191633
Date Published
2001
Length
344 pages
Annotation
This introductory text on juvenile delinquency recorded the fundamental concepts, interpretive perspectives, and methodologies used to describe and analyze juvenile delinquency.
Abstract
This book provides a basic overview of juvenile delinquency in the United States. In order for the broader social environment of delinquency to be understood, the book information is offered not only about delinquents but also other types of problem children. The book is divided into five parts. Part 1 on the concepts, definition, and links to the past presents the basic concepts of juvenile delinquency and traces the history of problem children, parenting, and children’s law. Part 2 on children’s law and juvenile courts in the United States examines popular ways to measure the extent of juvenile delinquency. Part 3 on explaining delinquency presents theories attempting to answer two questions about juvenile delinquency: what causes delinquency and what kinds of children become delinquent? Part 4 on delinquency and social organization explores the social units most closely involved in preventing, controlling, and causing juvenile delinquency. And, Part 5 on prevention and correction of delinquency focuses on programs designed to prevent and correct juvenile delinquency. The intent of this book was to provide a clear understanding of the conceptual and historical basis of juvenile delinquency. References, bibliography, name and subject index