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<p> This volume brings together a remarkably coherent collection of research reports dealing with social agencies responsible for controlling juvenile delinquency... [S]ociologists who specialize in the more abstract areas of formal and social organization will find valuable material... even if they have no interest in delinquency itself... [T]he contributions meet high standards... Many of these papers are indispensable reading for anyone interested in the topics involved. <p> --Robert A. Gordon, American Sociological Review <p> Here we have a series of 11 studies with two common denominators: all concentrate on organizations which are related to the control of delinquency and all grow out of work in the Boston area derived from programs sponsored by the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. <p> --William W. Wattenberg, Controlling Delinquents <p> [P]rovacative and thoughtful. Basic data and sociological analysis... are the strongest contributions. <p> --James F. Short, Jr., American Journal of Sociology <p> [P]eople will find the Wheeler volume eas[y]... to follow, for it relies on established conventions of social science research. Each conclusion rests on a base of quantified evidence, careful measurements of attitudes, behavior, or both. <p> --Howard S. Becker, Science

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Stanton Wheeler (Edited by), Norman K. Denzin (Edited by)

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