Juvenile Delinquency : Causes and Control

Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies Robert Agnew; Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology Timothy Brezina
Oxford University Press, USA
9780190641610
0-19-064161-4

Now in its sixth edition, Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control offers a clear and concise overview of the latest theories and research on the causes and control of delinquency. The text is organized.

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around three major questions in the field: What is the nature and extent of delinquency? What are the causes of delinquency? and What strategies should we employ to control delinquency? These thought-provoking questions draw students into the text, challenging them to use major theories to explain the basic facts about delinquency, to understand the research on its causes, and to develop and evaluate programs and policies for its control.