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Exploring Delinquency: Causes and Control is the most comprehensive set of readings available in the study of juvenile delinquency. The articles are organized into discrete topics. A brief overview introduces each topic, including a synopsis of each reading.

This anthology exposes students to the many dimensions of delinquency theory and research, including work by some of the foremost scholars in the field. Coverage includes such controversial issues as criminalizing the juvenile court, due-process-of-law guarantees for juveniles, adolescent drug involvement, television violence, boot camps, and racial bias.

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Sixty-five criminal justice and sociology scholars contributed to this comprehensive anthology on the status of juvenile delinquency in the US. The essays discuss all relevant levels of the subject, including: the juvenile justice system, case studies of court cases, culture and gender research, theoretical critiques from a social learning and biol

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Publisher: Roxbury Publishing Co, 1996
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