Robert M. Regoli, John D. Hewitt

Delinquency in Society with Free "Making the Grade" Student CD-ROM [With CDROM]

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a theoretical framework for understanding the evolving phenomenon of delinquency. This book provides readers an understanding of all facets of delinquency, including discussions of the history, institutional context, and societal reactions to delinquent behavior, as well as the biological and psychological theories of behavior.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 184mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9780072821208
• ISBN-10: 0072821205
• Artikelnr.: 23343410

Autorenporträt

Robert M. Regoli is professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado in Boulder. In 1975, he received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Professor Regoli is the author of nearly 100 journal publications and books, and is past-President and Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Defining Delinquency
Chapter 2. Measuring Delinquency
Chapter 3. Violent Youth Crime
Chapter 4. Illegal Drug Use and Delinquency
Chapter 5. Supernatural, Classical, and Neoclassical Theories
Chapter 6. Biological and Psychological Theories
Chapter 7. Cultural Deviance, Strain, and Social Control Theories
Chapter 8. Labeling,Conflict, and Radical Theories
Chapter 9. Female Delinquency Theories
Chapter 10. Family and Delinquency
Chapter 11. Schools and Delinquency
Chapter 12. Gang Delinquency
Chapter 13. Police and Delinquency
Chapter 14. The Juvenile Court
Chapter 15. Juvenile Corrections
Appendix
Glossary
Photo Credits
Indexes
Legal Case Index
Name Index
Subject Index