Juvenile Delinquency and Its Origins

Klappentext This book examines past thought and research about the social and psychological causes of juvenile delinquency in Western society. Zusammenfassung First published in 1979! this book examines past thought and research about the social and psychological causes of juvenile delinquency in Western society. In his search for a better understanding of delinquency! the author shows the usefulness of examining the impact of all the variables at once and finds that the major theories of delinquency complement rather than contradict one another. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; 1. Major theoretical perspectives on juvenile delinquency; 2. What others have found: a review of the data; 3. Tying the pieces together: a causal model; 4. Methods and measures; 5. Analysing the results; 6. Findings across subsamples; 7. Origins of juvenile delinquency: a final statement; Appendix: The measuring devices; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Ed Johnson, Eric Ed. Johnson, Richard E. Johnson, Johnson Richard E.
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2009
• EAN: 9780521295161
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29516-1
• Series: Techniques of Measurement in M
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology