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Author:   William E. Thompson ,  Jack E. Bynum
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   8th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 17.70cm
Weight:   0.699kg
ISBN:  

9780205665716

ISBN 10:   0205665713
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   21 January 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9780205246533
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE     BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:   PART ONE: Conformity, Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency    Chapter 1: Juvenile Delinquency: The Act, the Actor, and the Audience Chapter 2: A Sociological Approach to Delinquency     Chapter 3: Dimensions of Juvenile Delinquency   PART TWO: Causes of Juvenile Delinquency    Chapter 4: Classical, Biological and Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency        Chapter 5: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Strain and Cultural Transmission Theories  Chapter 6: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Learning and Social Control Theories        Chapter 7: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Labeling and Radical/Conflict Theories     Chapter 8: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile  Delinquency andthe Ongoing Process of Integrative Theory Building      PART THREE: Juvenile Delinquency in a Social Context    Chapter 9: The Family and Juvenile Delinquency            Chapter 10: Schools and Delinquency   Chapter 11: The Youth Subculture and Delinquency      Chapter 12: Juvenile Gangs and Delinquency       PART FOUR: Applied Theory:  Social Control and the Juvenile Justice System    Chapter 13: Juveniles and the Police      Chapter 14: Juvenile Courts      Chapter 15: Juvenile Corrections             PART FIVE: Applied Theory:  Strategies for Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency    Chapter 16: Treatment and Prevention Strategies      Chapter 17: Rethinking the Delinquency Problem           COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART ONE: Conformity, Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency    INTRODUCTION: The Sociological Perspective and Focus on Juvenile Delinquency      Chapter 1: Juvenile Delinquency: The Act, the Actor, and the Audience What Is Juvenile Delinquency?    An Integrated Definition of Delinquency      Chapter 2: A Sociological Approach to Delinquency     The Sociological Perspective    The Social Nature of Humans    Norms    Sources of Norms    Folkways, Mores, and Laws   Marginality Normative Behavior: Conformity    Deviant Behavior: Nonconformity    Negative Aspects of Deviance    Positive Aspects of Deviance    Juvenile Delinquency      Chapter 3: Dimensions of Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Delinquency Data    Official Sources of Delinquency Information     The Composite Delinquent Profile: Typical or Stereotypical?    Unofficial Sources of Delinquency Information    The Magnitude and Trends of Juvenile Delinquency    Addendum: A Balanced Perspective on Youth      PART TWO: Causes of Juvenile Delinquency    INTRODUCTION: Theory and the Etiology of Juvenile Delinquency      Chapter 4: Classical, Biological and Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency        The Link between Biology and Behavior: Myths and Folklore    The Classical School of Criminological Thought    The Positive School of Criminology    Twentieth-Century Constitutional Typologies    The Continuing Search for the Biological Connection    Sociobiological Explanations    The Psychogenic Approach and the Medical Model    The Discovery of the Unconscious    The Formation of Personality    Freudian Theory as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency    Psychoanalysis    The Medical Model: Delinquent Acts as Symptoms    Conduct Disorders and Risk/Needs Assessment    Other Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency      Chapter 5: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Strain and Cultural Transmission Theories  Theory    Social Strain Theories    Agnew’s General Strain Theory    Cultural Transmission Theories      Chapter 6: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Learning and Social Control Theories        Social Learning Theories    Social Control Theories      Chapter 7: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Labeling and Radical/Conflict Theories     Labeling Theories    Radical Theories      Chapter 8: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile  Delinquency andthe Ongoing Process of Integrative Theory Building    Short-run Hedonism:  “Delinquency is fun!” Maturation and Life Course Theories Making Decisions for Delinquency: Rational Choice Theory    The Punishment Response: Deterrence Theory    Explaining Female Delinquency Back to the Future: The Prospects and Direction for New Theory Building      PART THREE: Juvenile Delinquency in a Social Context    INTRODUCTION: Collective Behavior and Social Groupings      Chapter 9: The Family and Juvenile Delinquency            The Changing Role of the Family    Increasing Importance of the Nuclear Family and the Creation of “Adolescence”    The Family as an Agent of Socialization    Working Mothers and Juvenile Delinquency    Other Family Variables and Juvenile Delinquency    Single-Parent Families and Delinquency    The Family and Delinquency Prevention      Chapter 10: Schools and Delinquency   The School as an Arena    Schools and the Socialization Process    Juvenile Delinquency and the School Experience    Schools as a Screening Device    Schools as “Combat Zones”    School as Bureaucracy    Schools and Delinquency Prevention      Chapter 11: The Youth Subculture and Delinquency      Culture, Subcultures, and Countercultures    The Creation of a Youth Subculture    Role of the Youth Subculture    Distinctive Elements of the Youth Subculture    The Youth Subculture and Juvenile Delinquency    Youth Countercultures and Delinquency    The Youth Subculture and Delinquency Prevention      Chapter 12: Juvenile Gangs and Delinquency     The Solitary Delinquent    Group Delinquency    Dyads and Triads    Play Groups    Juvenile Gangs    Contemporary Youth Gangs in the United States    Motives for Gang Membership    Gang Organization    Composition of Gang Membership    Gang Violence    Explanatory Theories of Gang Formation and Behavior: A Summary and Synthesis      PART FOUR: Applied Theory:  Social Control and the Juvenile Justice System    INTRODUCTION: Elements of Social Control      Chapter 13: Juveniles and the Police      Juvenile Encounters with Police    Policing Juveniles    Police Discretion in Handling Juveniles    Police and Due Process    Police, Community Policing, and Delinquency Prevention      Chapter 14: Juvenile Courts      Historical Background of the Juvenile Court    The Child Savers Movement    The Juvenile Court    Juvenile Courts and Due Process    Juvenile Court Procedures    The Role of Attorneys in Juvenile Court    Criticisms of the Juvenile Court    The Multifaceted Juvenile Court    The Future of the Juvenile Court      Chapter 15: Juvenile Corrections           Social Control and Deterrence Theory    Voluntary Social Control    Informal Social Control    Formal Social Control    Capital Punishment for Juveniles and Roper v. Simmons    Deinstitutionalization, Community Corrections, and Diversion    Evaluation of Deinstitutionalization, Community Corrections, and Diversion      PART FIVE: Applied Theory:  Strategies for Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency    INTRODUCTION: Approaching Treatment and Prevention in a Social Context      Chapter 16: Treatment and Prevention Strategies      Treatment Ideology and Delinquency Treatment Programs    Prevention Ideology and Delinquency Prevention Programs    Sociological Approaches to Delinquency Treatment and Prevention    Mobilizing the Community to Prevent Delinquency    Evaluation of Delinquency Treatment and Prevention Strategies      Chapter 17: Rethinking the Delinquency Problem           The Social Nature of Juvenile Delinquency    Eliminating the Marginal Status of Juveniles    Standardization or Elimination of Juvenile Codes    Decriminalization of Status Offenses    Revision of the Juvenile Court    Modification of Juvenile Corrections    Strengthening the Family    Changing the Educational System    Redefining Juvenile Delinquency   

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        William E. Thompson was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the first member of his family to receive a high school diploma.  He received his bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University, a master’s degree from Missouri State University, and earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Oklahoma State University.  Thompson has authored and coauthored more than fifty articles published in professional journals, including dozens reprinted in textbooks and anthologies.  He is the coauthor of Society in Focus:  An Introduction to Sociology (now in its 7th edition), one of the leading textbooks in introductory sociology courses, and Juvenile Delinquency:  A Sociological Approach (in its 8th edition), a leading textbook in the area of delinquency studies.  He also has coauthored an anthology on classic and contemporary readings in juvenile delinquency, a small treatise on sociology and mass media, and is the author of The Glass House, a life-story of his mother’s courageous battle with cancer.             Thompson began his college teaching career at the University of Tulsa.  He spent the next ten years at Emporia State University, where he served as Chair of the Division of Sociology, Family Sciences, and Anthropology.  Thompson then moved to Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he served five years as Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and is currently a Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice.  He has also taught for the University of Southern Mississippi in the British Studies Program in London and the Caribbean Studies Program in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.  He also has been an invited Guest Lecturer on Juvenile Crime and the Media at Shanghai Normal University and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in China. In 1993, Thompson received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the Texas Association of College Teachers, and in 1994, he won the Distinguished Faculty Award for Research and Teaching at Texas A&M-Commerce.  In 1996, Thompson was named the Outstanding Alumnus by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Northeastern State University.  In 2009 he received the prestigious “Spirit of Mayo Award” named after Texas A&M University-Commerce’s founder and awarded by the president for outstanding commitment to undergraduate students’ success.             Dr. Thompson has been married to his wife Marilyn for 37 years.  They have two grown children and one grandchild.  For fun, Thompson plays drums in a rock `n roll band and rides his motorcycle.

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