Juvenile delinquency : causes and control. /
Agnew, Robert,
Juvenile delinquency : causes and control. / Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina - 6th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xii, 612 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-611) and indexes.
Contents: What is delinquency and how does it differ from adult crime? -- How is delinquency measured? -- How much delinquency is there, and is delinquency increasing? -- Who is most likely to engage in delinquency? -- What is a theory and how do we test theories ? -- The life course -- I delinquency more likely in certain situations? -- Group differences in delinquency -- Individual traits -- Pulling it all together -- Policies and programs -- The police -- Juvenile courts and corrections -- The juvenile justice system -- The strategies of deterrence and incapacitation -- Th e strategies of prevention and rehabilitation -- What should we do to reduce delinquency?
9780190641610
2008022177
Juvenile delinquency.
HV9069.A55
364.36
Juvenile delinquency : causes and control. / Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina - 6th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xii, 612 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-611) and indexes.
Contents: What is delinquency and how does it differ from adult crime? -- How is delinquency measured? -- How much delinquency is there, and is delinquency increasing? -- Who is most likely to engage in delinquency? -- What is a theory and how do we test theories ? -- The life course -- I delinquency more likely in certain situations? -- Group differences in delinquency -- Individual traits -- Pulling it all together -- Policies and programs -- The police -- Juvenile courts and corrections -- The juvenile justice system -- The strategies of deterrence and incapacitation -- Th e strategies of prevention and rehabilitation -- What should we do to reduce delinquency?
9780190641610
2008022177
Juvenile delinquency.
HV9069.A55
364.36