Overview

This historically successful and important text is revised to meet modern course demands. Empey and Stafford provide an extensive, comprehensive look at the theories associated with delinquency. It is aimed at the upper end of the market concerned with theory. This text also focuses on environmental issues, juvenile justice issues, and the juvenile justice system.

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Author:   Lamar T. Empey ,  Mark Stafford ,  Carter Hay
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.931kg
ISBN:  

9780534507077

ISBN 10:   0534507077
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   17 March 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. How Delinquency is Constructed. PART ONE: THE DISCOVERY OF CHILDHOOD AND THE INVENTION OF DELINQUENCY. 2. From Indifference to Children to the Discovery of Childhood. 3. The Invention of Delinquency. PART TWO: THE EXTENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR. 4. Official Accounts of Delinquent Behavior. 5. Self-Reported Delinquent Behavior. 6. Victim Accounts of Delinquent Behavior. PART THREE: EXPLANATIONS OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR. 7. Control Theory: Biological and Psychodynamic. 8. Cultural Deviance Theory. 9. Differential Association Theory and Social Learning Theory. 10. Strain Theory. 11. Social Control and Self-Control Theories. 12. Neoclassical Theory. 13. Labeling Theory. 14. Radical Theory. 15. Integrated Theories and Some Conclusions About Theories of Delinquent Behavior. PART FOUR: JUVENILE JUSTICE. 16. Policing Juveniles. 17. Juvenile Court. 18. Rehabilitating Delinquents. 19. Conclusions: Childhood and Delinquency. GLOSSARY. INDEX.

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