Juvenile Delinquency

(Paperback, Third Edition)

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Juvenile Delinquency is a timely and comprehensive introduction to crime, justice, and young people, with an emphasis on theory and practice. The third edition retains the overall structure of the second edition and features updates throughout, including new information on gangs and prevention, the impact of race and gender on crime and justice, additional comparative and international examples, and more. The book opens with an overview of delinquency; historical and contemporary discussions of juvenile justice; theories of delinquency; institutional contexts of delinquency, such as school and the family; and chapters on topics such as drug use, youth gangs, female delinquency, police, courts, and corrections. Many chapters discuss treatment programs as well as delinquency and illustrate theory put into practice. Most issues are examined through the lenses of race, class, and gender. Juvenile Delinquency covers the essentials of the topic with a price point far below most competitors. To enhance student learning, a complimentary instructors manual and test bank are available. Please see the Features page for additional information.

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This is a top-notch treatment of juvenile delinquency. Donald Shoemakers third edition of Juvenile Delinquency is well-written, provides cogent summaries of key concepts and statistical patterns, and captures the coreas well as important nuancesof this topic better than any textbook Ive seen. -- Darrell J. Steffensmeier, Pennsylvania State University

Author Bio

Donald J. Shoemaker is professor of sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he teaches and researches crime and deviance and has won two teaching awards. He is the author or co-editor of several books, including Juvenile Justice: A Reference Handbook and Theories of Delinquency.