TY - BOOK AU - Regoli, Robert M. AU - Hewitt, John D. TI - Deliquency in society. SN - 0070522030 AV - HV9104.R26 PY - 1997/// CY - U.S.A. PB - McGraw Hill KW - Juvenile delinquency -- United States. N1 - 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 ER -