NCJ Number
13180
Editor(s)
J B MAYS
Date Published
1972
Length
348 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN ENGLAND THAT FOCUSES ON THE SOCIAL CAUSATION OF THE DELINQUENT SUBCULTURE.
Abstract
TWENTY-SEVEN ESSAYS, LINKED BY EDITORIAL COMMENTARY, ARE GROUPED BY TOPIC. THE SECTION ON SUBCULTURAL STUDIES CONTAINS EXAMPLES OF BOTH EARLY AND CURRENT THEORY ON THE SOCIETAL INFLUENCES OF DELINQUENCY. SOME SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF DELINQUENCY IN ENGLAND ARE PRESENTED, FOLLOWED BY A SECTION ON SPECIFIC TYPES OF DELINQUENTS FROM MODS AND ROCKERS TO WEEKEND JUNKIES.