Juvenile Delinquency: The Core 6th Edition by Larry Siegel, ISBN-13: 978-1305577411

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Juvenile Delinquency: The Core 6th Edition by Larry Siegel, ISBN-13: 978-1305577411

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• Publisher: ‎ Cengage Learning; 6th edition (January 12, 2016)
• Language: ‎ English
• 512 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1305577418
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1305577411

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THE CORE, 6th Edition delivers cutting-edge coverage of essential theory, policy, and the latest research in one value-priced, reader-friendly eBook. Renowned for its balanced approach and engaging writing style, this brief book helps you understand the nature of delinquency and its causes, as well as current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence. The MindTap online learning experience guides you through your course and includes video cases, career scenarios, visual summaries, and a variety of tools and apps.

This brief text is acclaimed for its authority and balance as well as the authors’ ability to completely engage students in the juvenile delinquency course. In around 500 pages, Siegel and Welsh help students understand the nature of delinquency, its causes and correlates, and current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence.

Table of Contents:

About the Authors

Brief Contents

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Childhood and Delinquency

The Risks and Rewards of Adolescence

The Problems of Youth

Juvenile Delinquency

The Development of Childhood

Developing Juvenile Justice

Status Offenders

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 2: The Nature and Extent of Delinquency

Measuring Delinquency

Crime Trends in the United States

Correlates of Delinquency

Chronic Offending: Careers in Delinquency

Juvenile Victimization

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 3: Individual Views of Delinquency: Choice and Trait

Choice Theory

Choice Theory and Delinquency Prevention

Trait Theories: Biosocial and Psychological Views

Biosocial Theories of Delinquency

Psychological Theories of Delinquency

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 4: Sociological Views of Delinquency

Social Factors and Delinquency

Social Structure Theories

Social Process Theories: Socialization and Delinquency

Critical Theory

Theory and Delinquency Prevention

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 5: Developmental Views of Delinquency: Life Course, Latent Trait, and Trajectory

The Life Course View

Life Course Concepts

Age-Graded Theory

The Latent Trait/Propensity View

Trajectory Theory

Evaluating the Developmental View

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 6: Gender and Delinquency

Gender Differences in Development

Gender and Delinquency

Trait Views

Socialization Views

Feminist Views

Gender and the Juvenile Justice System

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 7: The Family and Delinquency

The Changing American Family

The Family’s Influence on Delinquency

Child Abuse and Neglect

Abuse, Neglect, and Delinquency

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 8: Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups

Adolescent Peer Relations

Youth Gangs

Contemporary Gangs

Why Do Youths Join Gangs?

Controlling Gang Activity

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Group Work

Chapter 9: Schools and Delinquency

The School in Modern American Society

Dropping Out

Academic Performance and Delinquency

Delinquency in Schools

The Role of the School in Delinquency Prevention

Legal Rights in the School

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Group Work

Chapter 10: Drug Use and Delinquency

Frequently Abused Drugs

Drug Use Today

Why Do Youths Take Drugs?

Pathways to Drug Abuse

Drug Use and Delinquency

Drug Control Strategies

What Does the Future Hold?

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Group Work

Chapter 11: Delinquency Prevention and Juvenile Justice Today

Delinquency Prevention

Early Prevention of Delinquency

Prevention of Delinquency in the Teenage Years

Juvenile Justice Today

A Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Strategy

The Future of Delinquency Prevention and Juvenile Justice

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Group Work

Chapter 12: Police Work with Juveniles

History of Juvenile Policing

Police and Juvenile Offenders

Police and the Rule of Law

Discretionary Justice

Police Work and Delinquency Prevention

Future of Juvenile Policing

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 13: Juvenile Court Process: Pretrial, Trial, and Sentencing

The Juvenile Court and Its Jurisdiction

Juvenile Court Process

Transfer to the Adult Court

Juvenile Court Trial

Future of the Juvenile Court

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Chapter 14: Juvenile Corrections: Probation, Community Treatment, and Institutionalization

Juvenile Probation

Probation Innovations

Secure Corrections

Juvenile Institutions Today: Public and Private

The Institutionalized Juvenile

Correctional Treatment for Juveniles

The Legal Right to Treatment

Juvenile Aftercare and Reentry

Future of Juvenile Corrections

Summary

Key Terms

Questions for Review

Questions for Discussion

Applying What You Have Learned

Groupwork

Notes

Glossary

Name Index

Subject Index

Larry J. Siegel was born in the Bronx, New York. While living on Jerome Avenue and attending City College (CCNY) in the 1960s, he was swept up in the social and political currents of the time. He became intrigued with the influence contemporary culture had on individual behavior: did people shape society or did society shape people? He applied his interest in social forces and human behavior to the study of crime and justice. After graduating from CCNY, he attended the newly opened program in criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany, where he earned both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. After completing his graduate work, Dr. Siegel began his teaching career at Northeastern University, where he was a faculty member for nine years. After leaving Northeastern, he held teaching positions at the University of Nebraska–Omaha, Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, and the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell, where he taught for 27 years. He is now a professor emeritus, still teaching online courses in criminology and criminal justice. Dr. Siegel has written extensively in the area of crime and justice, including books on juvenile law, delinquency, criminology, criminal justice, and criminal procedure. He is a court- certified expert on police conduct and has testified in numerous legal cases. The father of four and grandfather of three, Larry Siegel now resides in Naples, Florida, with his wife, Terry, and their two dogs, Watson and Cody.

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