Delinquency theories: appraisals and applications

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Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency.The book opens with a comprehensive description of what a theory is, and explains how theories are created in the social sciences. Following on, each subsequent chapter is dedicated to describing an individual theory, broken down and illustrated within four distinct sections. Initially, each chapter tells the tale of a delinquent youth, and from this example a thorough review of the particular theory and related research can be undertaken to explain the

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Delinquency theories: appraisals and applications

Hoffmann, John P.

Hoffmann, John P.

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1. Theory and delinquency -- 2. Deterrence and delinquency -- 3. Biological theories of delinquency -- 4. Psychological theories of delinquency -- 5. Communities and delinquency -- 6. The stresses and strains of adolescence -- 7. Learning to be delinquent -- 8. Control theories of delinquency -- 9. Labeling, symbolic interaction, and delinquency -- 10. Conflict and radical theories of delinquency -- 11. Postmodern and feminist views of delinquency -- 12. Integrating and elaborating theories of delinquency -- 13. Developmental theories of delinquency and crime.

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