Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control
by Robert Agnew
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An essential resource for exploring juvenile delinquency in the twenty-first century, Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control, Fifth Edition, offers a clear and concise overview of the latest theories and research on the causes and control of delinquency.Instead of attempting to provide a sweeping view of the entire subject, Robert Agnew and new coauthor Timothy Brezina organize the text around three major questions: What is the nature and extent of delinquency? What are the causes of show more delinquency? What strategies should we employ to controldelinquency? 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. show lessTags
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Robert Agnew is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology at Emory University, President-elect of the American Society of Criminology, and author of many books, including Criminological Theory: Past to Present, Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory, and Why Do Criminals Offend? A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency.
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- 364.36 — Social sciences Social problems and social services Criminology Criminals Juvenile criminals
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- HV9069 .A55 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Penology. Prisons. Corrections The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency.
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