Juvenile Delinquency: Causes And Control

Now in its seventh 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 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--

• | Author: Robert Agnew|Timothy Brezina
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 708 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0197653170
• | ISBN-13: 9780197653173