NCJ Number
19679
Date Published
1970
Length
263 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE VARIETIES OF DELINQUENCY AS THE OUTCOME OF STRUCTURAL (AS OPPOSED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL OR SOCIOLOGICAL) FACTORS INTERACTING WITH SOCIO-CULTURAL CONDITIONS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
Abstract
INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS DEAL WITH THE CLASSIFICATION OF ASOCIAL AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR, WAYWARDNESS, PSYCOPATHY, THE PASSIVE OR 'DRIFTING' OFFENDER, VARIETIES OF AGGRESSIVE DELINQUENCY, AND DELINQUENCY IN ADOLESCENTS. THE CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF EACH VARIETY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ARE COMPARED WITH THOSE OF OTHER VARIETIES, EACH BEING CONSIDERED AS AN INDEPENDENT UNIT REQUIRING DIFFERENT METHODS OF TREATMENT. THE LAST CHAPTER OF THIS BOOK CONTAINS CASE STUDIES OF TEN DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. A 94-ITEM REFERENCE LIST AND AN INDEX ARE INCLUDED.