Juvenile delinquency: a sociological approach

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Preface -- Conformity, deviance, and juvenile delinquency -- A sociological approach to juvenile delinquency -- Dimensions of juvenile delinquency -- Causes of juvenile delinquency -- Classical, biological, and psychogenic explanations of juvenile delinquency -- Sociological explanations of juvenile...

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Authors: Thompson, William E. 1950- (Author) ; Bynum, Jack E. 1929- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham Boulder New York London Rowman & Littlefield [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Edition:Tenth edition
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 8282
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Keywords:
Juvenile Delinquency > United States
Lehrbuch
Jugendkriminalität > Jugendgerichtsbarkeit > Soziologie
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Summary:Preface -- Conformity, deviance, and juvenile delinquency -- A sociological approach to juvenile delinquency -- Dimensions of juvenile delinquency -- Causes of juvenile delinquency -- Classical, biological, and psychogenic explanations of juvenile delinquency -- Sociological explanations of juvenile delinquency : social strain and cultural transmission theories -- Sociological explanations of juvenile delinquency : social learning and social control theories -- Sociological explanations of juvenile delinquency : labeling and radical/conflict theories -- Sociological explanations of juvenile delinquency : maturation/life-course, rational choice/deterrence and feminist theories -- Juvenile delinquency in a social context -- Family and juvenile delinquency -- Schools and delinquency -- Youth subcultures and delinquency -- Juvenile gangs and delinquency -- Applied theory : social control and the juvenile justice system -- Juveniles and the police -- Juvenile courts -- Juvenile corrections -- Applied theory: strategies for dealing with juvenile delinquency/ -- Treatment and prevention strategies -- Rethinking the delinquency problem -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Name index -- Subject index
Item Description:Revised edition of the authors' Juvenile delinquency, 2013
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-432) and indexes
Physical Description:xxi, 447 Seiten, Illustrationen, Diagramme, 26 cm
ISBN:978-1-4422-6500-4