Preface

PART I: HISTORY OF THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL DEFINITIONS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

1 The Child-Saving Movement and the Origins of the Juvenile Justice System, Anthony Platt

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2 Attitudes and Policies Toward Juvenile Delinquency in the United States: A Historiographical Review, Robert M. Mennel

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3 The Crime of Precocious Sexuality: Female Juvenile Delinquency in the Progressive Era, Steven Schlossman and Stephanie Wallach

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4 History Overtakes the Juvenile Justice System, Theodore N. Ferdinand

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PART II: THEORIES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

5 Social Structure and Anomie, Robert K. Merton

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6 Social Learning and Deviant Behavior: A Specific Test of General Theory, Ronald L. Akers, Marvin D. Krohn, Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Marcia Radosevich

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7 A Control Theory of Delinquency, Travis Hirschi

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8 Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency, Gresham M. Sykes, David Matza

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9 Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach, Lawrence E. Cohen, Marcus Felson

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10 Poverty, Income Inequality, and Community Crime Rates, E. Britt Patterson

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11 Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry

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12 Girls, Crime and Woman's Place: Toward a Feminist Model of Female Delinquency, Meda Chesney-Lind

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13 Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency, Robert Agnew

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PART III: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

14 At the Roots of Violence: The Progressive Decline and Desolution of the Family, George B. Palermo, Douglas Simpson

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15 Delinquency and the Age Structure of Society, David F. Greenburg

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16 School Bonding, Race, and Delinquency, Stephen A. Cernkovich, Peggy C. Giordano

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17 The Neophyte Female Delinquent: A Review of the Literature, George Calhoun, Janelle Jurgens, Fengling Chen

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18 Recent Gang Research: Program and Policy Implications, James C. Howell

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19 Players and Ho's, Terry Williams, William Kornblum

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20 The Saints and the Roughnecks, William J. Chambliss

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PART IV: INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

21 The Gault Decision: Due Process and the Juvenile Courts, Alan Neigher

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22 A Comparative Analysis of Organizational Structure and Inmate Subcultures in Institutions for Juvenile Offenders, Barry C. Feld

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23 Juvenile Diversion: A Look at the Record, Kenneth Polk

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24 Juvenile Parole Policy in the United States: Determinate versus Indeterminate Models, Jose B. Ashford, Craig Winston LeCroy

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25 Females Under the Law: "Protected" but Unequal, Gail Armstrong

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26 Restitution and Recidivism Rates of Juvenile Offenders: Results from Four Experimental Studies, Anne L. Schneider

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PART V: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND PUBLIC POLICY

27 Rethinking the Juvenile Justice System, Travis Hirschi, Michael R. Gottfredson

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28 Juvenile Justice and the Blind Lady, Hunter Hurst, Louis W. McHardy

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29 A Policy Maker's Guide to Controlling Delinquency and Crime through Family Interventions, Karen E. Wright, Kevin N. Wright

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30 Serious and Violent Juvenile Crime: A Comprehensive Strategy, John J. Wilson, James C. Howell

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31 Emerging Trends and Issues in Juvenile Justice, Michael F. Aloisi

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