Juvenile Delinquency Historical, Theoretical and Societal Reactions to Youth

by Sharp, Paul M.; Hancock, Barry W., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780132372725
• ISBN10: 013237272X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-08
• Publisher: Pearson

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
PART I: HISTORY OF THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL DEFINITIONS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY	1	(77)
1 The Child-Saving Movement and the Origins of the Juvenile Justice System, Anthony Platt	3	(16)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	17	(2)
2 Attitudes and Policies Toward Juvenile Delinquency in the United States: A Historiographical Review, Robert M. Mennel	19	(22)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	39	(2)
3 The Crime of Precocious Sexuality: Female Juvenile Delinquency in the Progressive Era, Steven Schlossman and Stephanie Wallach	41	(23)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	62	(2)
4 History Overtakes the Juvenile Justice System, Theodore N. Ferdinand	64	(14)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	77	(1)
PART II: THEORIES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY	78	(134)
5 Social Structure and Anomie, Robert K. Merton	81	(9)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	88	(2)
6 Social Learning and Deviant Behavior: A Specific Test of General Theory, Ronald L. Akers, Marvin D. Krohn, Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Marcia Radosevich	90	(8)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	97	(1)
7 A Control Theory of Delinquency, Travis Hirschi	98	(7)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	104	(1)
8 Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency, Gresham M. Sykes, David Matza	105	(8)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	111	(2)
9 Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach, Lawrence E. Cohen, Marcus Felson	113	(22)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	133	(2)
10 Poverty, Income Inequality, and Community Crime Rates, E. Britt Patterson	135	(16)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	150	(1)
11 Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry	151	(18)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	168	(1)
12 Girls, Crime and Woman's Place: Toward a Feminist Model of Female Delinquency, Meda Chesney-Lind	169	(16)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	184	(1)
13 Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency, Robert Agnew	185	(27)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	210	(2)
PART III: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY	212	(90)
14 At the Roots of Violence: The Progressive Decline and Desolution of the Family, George B. Palermo, Douglas Simpson	214	(9)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	222	(1)
15 Delinquency and the Age Structure of Society, David F. Greenburg	223	(17)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	238	(2)
16 School Bonding, Race, and Delinquency, Stephen A. Cernkovich, Peggy C. Giordano	240	(20)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	259	(1)
17 The Neophyte Female Delinquent: A Review of the Literature, George Calhoun, Janelle Jurgens, Fengling Chen	260	(8)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	266	(2)
18 Recent Gang Research: Program and Policy Implications, James C. Howell	268	(14)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	280	(2)
19 Players and Ho's, Terry Williams, William Kornblum	282	(9)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	290	(1)
20 The Saints and the Roughnecks, William J. Chambliss	291	(11)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	300	(2)
PART IV: INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY	302	(78)
21 The Gault Decision: Due Process and the Juvenile Courts, Alan Neigher	304	(13)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	316	(1)
22 A Comparative Analysis of Organizational Structure and Inmate Subcultures in Institutions for Juvenile Offenders, Barry C. Feld	317	(18)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	333	(2)
23 Juvenile Diversion: A Look at the Record, Kenneth Polk	335	(8)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	342	(1)
24 Juvenile Parole Policy in the United States: Determinate versus Indeterminate Models, Jose B. Ashford, Craig Winston LeCroy	343	(12)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	354	(1)
25 Females Under the Law: "Protected" but Unequal, Gail Armstrong	355	(11)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	364	(2)
26 Restitution and Recidivism Rates of Juvenile Offenders: Results from Four Experimental Studies, Anne L. Schneider	366	(14)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	379	(1)
PART V: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND PUBLIC POLICY	380
27 Rethinking the Juvenile Justice System, Travis Hirschi, Michael R. Gottfredson	382	(8)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	388	(2)
28 Juvenile Justice and the Blind Lady, Hunter Hurst, Louis W. McHardy	390	(9)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	398	(1)
29 A Policy Maker's Guide to Controlling Delinquency and Crime through Family Interventions, Karen E. Wright, Kevin N. Wright	399	(13)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	410	(2)
30 Serious and Violent Juvenile Crime: A Comprehensive Strategy, John J. Wilson, James C. Howell	412	(12)
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	423	(1)
31 Emerging Trends and Issues in Juvenile Justice, Michael F. Aloisi	424
Questions for Discussion, Applications, and Key Terms	435