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The most exciting revision to date! Bartollas continues to provide a comprehensive, cutting-edge overview of all aspects of juvenile delinquency with a sociological focus. Readers will rejoice in the new large-format paperback design at a lower price, and the free Voices of Delinquency supplement that comes with every copy of the book! For anyone interested in sociology, criminology, criminal justice, or juvenile delinquency.
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Providing an overview of the nature, extent, causes, prevention, and control of delinquency, this textbook covers the basic facts, major theories, and continued controversies surrounding youth crime. Specific chapters discuss the measurement of youth crime, individual causes, social structure theories, social process theories, social reaction theories, female delinquency, the family, school crime, gangs, prevention and treatment, the juvenile justice system, the police, the courts, and community-based corrections. Bartollas teaches at the University of Northern Iowa. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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