Regoli, Robert M. creator Hewitt, John D. text xxu U.S.A McGraw Hill c1997 3rd ed. monographic eng

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xxiv, 624p.: ill.; 24cm. 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. Robert M. Regoli and John D. Hewitt Includes index Juvenile delinquency -- United States HV9104.R26 0070522030 120621