Deliquency in society. /
Robert M. Regoli and John D. Hewitt
- 3rd ed.
- U.S.A.: McGraw Hill, c1997.
- xxiv, 624p.: ill.; 24cm.
Includes index
Contents: Defining and measuring deliquency: defining juvenile deliquency -- Measuring deliquency -- Explaining deliquency: early explanations: supernatural and classical school theories -- Biological theories -- Psychological theories -- Sociological theories: the Chicago school -- Sociological theories: strain and social control -- Sociological theories: labeling and conflict -- The Social and institutional context of delinquency -- The Family and delinquency -- Schools and delinquency -- Peer groups and gang delinquency -- Drugs, youths, and delinquency -- Female delinquency -- Youth violence -- The Juvenile justice system: police and delinquency -- The Juvenile court -- The Juvenile diversion -- Juvenile corrections.