NCJ Number
29048
Date Published
1973
Length
192 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXT, PUBLISHED IN INDIA, PROVIDES AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEFINITIONS, CAUSES, PREDICTION, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.
Abstract
LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ARE FIRST REVIEWED. POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL EMOTIONAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY ARE THEN DISCUSSED. ALSO EXAMINED ARE THE VARIOUS TYPES OF DELINQUENCY AND FACTORS INVOLVED IN PREDICTION OF DELINQUENCY. AMONG THE OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS TEXT ARE DELINQUENCY TREATMENT IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING, PROBATION AND DELINQUENCY, DELINQUENCY AND COMMUNITY ACTION, AND THE ROLE OF POLICE, THE JUVENILE COURT, AND JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN THE CONTROL OF DELINQUENCY.