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9780135127377

Juvenile Delinquency and Delinquents The Nexus of Social Change

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  • ISBN13:

    9780135127377

  • ISBN10:

    0135127378

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-11-06
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

Prentice Hallrs"s Masters Series in Criminology brings the work of true masters to life for a new audience of readers, presenting brief and accessible introductions to crime and criminology topics from some of the leading scholars in criminology today. All authors in the series are true academic pioneers, and each book in the series pulls from the authorsrs" decades of research and writing in their fields. The first and only series of its kind, Prentice Hallrs"s Masters Series in Criminology introduces readers to the scholars and issues that are at the core of modern criminology.

Author Biography

James F. Short, Jr. is professor emeritus of Sociology at Washington State University Lorine A. Hughes is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at University of Nebraska at Omaha

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
The Discovery of Childhood and Its Consequencesp. 1
The Continuing Evolution of the Juvenile Court System and Its Consequencesp. 19
Studying Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Delinquentsp. 39
The Social Distribution of Delinquency and Delinquentsp. 49
Explaining Juvenile Delinquency and Delinquentsp. 77
Systems of Control and the Socialization of Childrenp. 107
What Is The World Coming To? (And What Does It Have To Do With Juvenile Delinquency?)p. 127
Referencesp. 137
Bibliographyp. 142
Indexp. 147
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