Juvenile delinquency : readings
Joseph G. Weis (Editor), Robert D. Crutchfield (Editor), George S. Bridges (Editor)
Designed for undergraduate juvenile delinquency courses, this book actively involves students in the literature of the discipline, presents the field in a format that is accessible, understandable, and enjoyable, and is edited by well-known scholars who are experienced researchers and teachers.
1 volume : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780761986782, 0761986782
1061817690
PART ONE: WHAT IS DELINQUENCY? THE HISTORY AND DEFINITIONS OF DELINQUENCYInventing the Stubborn Child - J. SuttonThe Rise of the Child-Saving Movement - A. PlattThe Juvenile Court Law in Cook County Illinois, 1899 - Hon. R.S. TuthillTitle 13, Revised Code of Washington: The Juvenile Justice Act, 1994PART TWO: HOW IS DELINQUENCY MEASURED? THE OBSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT OF DELINQUENCYPrevalence, Incidence, Rates and Other Descriptive Measures - P.E. Tracy, Jr. The Accuracy of Official and Self-Report Meaures of Delinquency - M. J. Hindelang, et alChronic Offenders: The Missing Cases in Self-Report Delinquency Research - S.A. Cernkovich, et alPART THREE: WHO ARE THE DELINQUENTS? THE DISTRIBUTION AND CORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY Age, Sex and the Versatility of Delinquent Involvements - M.J. Hindelang Juvenile Offender Prevalence, Incidence and Arrest Rates by Race - D. Huizinga & D.S. Elliot Social Class and Crime - J.G. Weis Reconsidering the Relationship between SES and Delinquency: Causation but Not Correlation - B.R. Entner Wright, et alFamily Families and Delinquency: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Broken Homes - L.E. Wells & J.H. RankinSchool The Effect of Dropping Out of High School on Subsequent Criminal Behavior - T.P. Thornberry, et alPeers Age, Peers, and Delinquency - M. WarrGangs Violent Crimes in City Gangs - W.B. Miller Social Learning Theory, Self-Reported Delinquency, and Youth Gangs - L.T. Winfree, Jr., et alDrugs Delinquency and Substance Use Among Inner-City Students - J. Fagan, et alPART FOUR: WHAT CAUSES DELINQUENCY? HOW IS IT CONTROLLED? THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THEORY AND PRACTICEPsychological Control, Early Identification, and Intervention Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency - S. Glueck & E. Glueck Unraveling Families and Delinquency: A Reanalysis of the Gluecks′ Data - J.H. Laub & R.J. Sampson The Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study - E. Powers & S. Witmer A Thirty-Year Follow-Up of Treatment Effects - J. McCordRisk Factors and Prevention Risk Behavior in Adolescence: A Psychosocial Framework for Understanding and Action - R. Jessor Early Childhood Intervention - E.Zigler, et alEcology, Enculturation, and Community Organization Deviant Places: A Theory of the Ecology of Crime - R. Stark Scoial Disorganization and Theories of Crime and Delinquency - R.J. Bursik, Jr. The Chicago Area Project - S. Kobrin The Chicago Area Project Revisited - S. Schlossman & M. SedlakCutural Deviance and Gang Work Lower-Class Culture as a Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency - W.B. Miller Social Sources of Chinese Gang Delinquency - K.L. Chin Why the United States Has Failed to Solve Its Youth Gang Problem - W.B. MillerSocial Learning and Behavior Modification A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior - R.L. Burgess & R.L. Akers The Role of Peers in the Complex Etiology of Adolescent Drug Use - R.E. Johnson, et al Behavioral Approaches to Treatment in the Crime and Delinquency Field - C.J. Braukmann, et al Assessing the Effects of School-Based Drug Education: A 6-Year Multilevel Analysis of Project D.A.R.E. - D.P. Rosenbaum & G.S. HansonOpportunity, Strain, and Rehabilitation/Reintegration Illegitimate Means, Anomie, and Deviant Behavior - R.A. Cloward A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency - R. Agnew The Natural History of an Applied Theory: Differential Opportunity and Mobilization for Youth - J.F. Short, Jr. The Provo Experiment in Delinquency Rehabilitation - L.T. Empey & J. RabowSocial Control, Social Development, and Prevention A Control Theory of Delinquency - T. Hirschi The Empirical Status of Hirschi′s Control Theory - K.L. Kempf Preventing Delinquency: The Social Development Model - J.G. Weis & J.D. Hawkins The Prevention of Serious Delinquency: What to Do? - J.G. Weis & J. Sederstrom Reducing Early Childhood Aggression: Results of a Primary Prevention Program - J.D. Hawkins, et alLabeling, Diversion, and Radical Nonintervention An Overview of Labeling Theory - E. Schur The Labeling Perspective and Delinquency: An Elaboration of the Theory and an Assessment of the Evidence - R. Paternoster & L. Iovanni Reflected Appraisals, Parental Labeling, and Delinquency - R.L. Matsueda Diversion in Juvenile Justice - E.M. LemertPART FIVE: JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORMJudicial Reform Juvenile Court Theory and Impact in Historical Perspective - H.H. Clark, Jr.The Legal Legacy Beyond Gault: Injustice and the Child - P. Lerman In re Gault Revisited: A Cross-State Comparison of the Right to Counsel in Juvenile Court - B.C. FeldThe System Legacy Responding to Juvenile Crime: Lessons Learned - P.W. Greenwood Gender Bias in Juvenile Justice Processing: Implications of the JJDP Act - D.M. Bishop & C.E. Frazier Race, Gender, and the Prehearing Detention of Juveniles - K. Kempf-Leonard The Comparative Advantage of Juvenile Versus Criminal Court Sanctions on Recidivism Among Adolescent Felony Offenders - J. FaganThe Program Legacy An Analysis of Juvenile Correctional Treatment - S.P. Lab & J.T. Whitehead Alternative Placements for Juvenile Offenders: Results From the Evaluation of the Nokomis Challenge Program - E.P. Deschenes & P.W. Greenwood A Survey of Juvenile Electronic Monitoring and Home Confinement Programs - J.B. Vaughn Boot Camps: A Critique and a Proposed Alternative - A.W. SalernoProspects The future of Juvenile Justice Policy and Research - L.E. Ohlin Abolish the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness, Criminal Responsibility, and Sentencing Policy - B.C. FieldSuggested ReadingsIndex