Juvenile Delinquency

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THE CORE, 6th Edition delivers cutting-edge coverage of essential theory, policy, and the latest research in one value-priced, reader-friendly paperback. Renowned for its balanced approach and engaging writing style, this brief book helps you understand the nature of delinquency and its causes, as well as current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence. The MindTap® online learning experience available with this text guides you through your course and includes video cases, career scenarios, visual summaries, and a variety of tools and apps.

Cover -- About the Authors -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Childhood and Delinquency -- The Risks and Rewards of Adolescence -- The Problems of Youth -- Juvenile Delinquency -- The Development of Childhood -- Developing Juvenile Justice -- Status Offenders -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Questions for Review -- Questions for Discussion -- Applying What You Have Learned -- Groupwork -- Chapter 2: The Nature and Extent of Delinquency -- Measuring Delinquency -- Crime Trends in the United States -- Correlates of Delinquency -- Chronic Offending: Careers in Delinquency

Juvenile Victimization -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Questions for Review -- Questions for Discussion -- Applying What You Have Learned -- Groupwork -- Chapter 3: Individual Views of Delinquency: Choice and Trait -- Choice Theory -- Choice Theory and Delinquency Prevention -- Trait Theories: Biosocial and Psychological Views -- Biosocial Theories of Delinquency -- Psychological Theories of Delinquency -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Questions for Review -- Questions for Discussion -- Applying What You Have Learned -- Groupwork -- Chapter 4: Sociological Views of Delinquency

Social Factors and Delinquency -- …