Juvenile Delinquency: Why Do Youths Commit Crime?

Juvenile Delinquency focuses on why juveniles commit crime, opening your eyes to the fascinating concepts involving juvenile delinquency. The book is designed to provide a complete study of the behavior, beliefs, and reactions to deviance by young offenders, also what constitutes juvenile delinquency for a better understanding of this phenomenon.

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Cover -- Juvenile Delinquency -- Copyright -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- Part I: Juvenile Delinquency Overview -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction to the Study of Juvenile Delinquency -- Defining Adolescence and Lack of a Uniform Definition -- Types of Juvenile Misconduct -- Measuring Delinquency -- Goals of the Juvenile Justice System -- Factors that Influence Juvenile Behaviors -- Overview of Delinquency Theories -- Crime and Age -- Female Delinquency -- Overview of Federal Action on Juvenile Justice -- Practicum -- Summary

Discussion and Review Questions -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Issues Involving Juvenile Delinquency -- Do We Need a Separate Court System for Juveniles? -- Juveniles Involved in Sex Trafficking -- Primary Purpose of Juvenile Justice Courts -- Privately Operated Juvenile Institutions -- School-to-Prison Pipeline -- Juveniles Who Commit Violent Crimes: Mexican Research Study -- Pathways to Desistance Study -- Bullying -- Cyberdelinquency -- Practicum -- Summary -- Discussion and Review Questions -- Notes -- Part II: Delinquency Causation Theories -- Chapter 3 -- Classical and Positivist Concepts

Delinquent Behaviors -- Early T…