American Delinquency: Its Meaning and Construction

LaMar T. Empey

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1. How Delinquency is Constructed. PART ONE: THE DISCOVERY OF CHILDHOOD AND THE INVENTION OF DELINQUENCY. 2. From Indifference to Children to the Discovery of Childhood. 3. The Invention of Delinquency. PART TWO: THE EXTENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR. 4. Official Accounts of Delinquent Behavior. 5. Self-Reported Delinquent Behavior. 6. Victim Accounts of Delinquent Behavior. PART THREE: EXPLANATIONS OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR. 7. Control Theory: Biological and Psychodynamic. 8. Cultural Deviance Theory. 9. Differential Association Theory and Social Learning Theory. 10. Strain Theory. 11. Social Control and Self-Control Theories. 12. Neoclassical Theory. 13. Labeling Theory. 14. Radical Theory. 15. Integrated Theories and Some Conclusions About Theories of Delinquent Behavior. PART FOUR: JUVENILE JUSTICE. 16. Policing Juveniles. 17. Juvenile Court. 18. Rehabilitating Delinquents. 19. Conclusions: Childhood and Delinquency. GLOSSARY. INDEX.

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