Juvenile Delinquency
Readings
Second Edition
- Joseph G. Weis - University of Washington, USA
- Robert D. Crutchfield - University of Washington, USA
- George Bridges - Whitman College, USA
February 2001 | 672 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Designed for undergraduate juvenile delinquency courses, this book actively involves students in the literature of the discipline, presents the field in a format that is accessible, understandable, and enjoyable, and is edited by well-known scholars who are experienced researchers and teachers. · The readings in this anthology have been very carefully edited and pruned by the Editors so that undergraduate students can easily read them without getting bogged down or confused and lost in the technical, methodological details. · At no additional cost, we have included 5 substantial data analysis exercises spread throughout the book. These exercises not only teach students the basic of SPSS, the "standard" data analysis software in social science, but also show them how they can test the delinquency theories and propositions covered in the reader, using current delinquency data packaged with the book. This absolutely unique feature is structured into fill-in-the-blank exercise sets that are easy to grade for large numbers of students by a single instructor. · Over 150 very good questions have been put together for the readings so that instructors can easily test, even in large courses, whether or not their students are keeping up with the reading.
PART ONE: WHAT IS DELINQUENCY? THE HISTORY AND DEFINITIONS OF DELINQUENCY
J. Sutton
Inventing the Stubborn Child
A. Platt
The Rise of the Child-Saving Movement
Hon. R.S. Tuthill
The Juvenile Court Law in Cook County Illinois, 1899
Title 13, Revised Code of Washington: The Juvenile Justice Act, 1994
PART TWO: HOW IS DELINQUENCY MEASURED? THE OBSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT OF DELINQUENCY
P.E. Tracy, Jr.
Prevalence, Incidence, Rates and Other Descriptive Measures
M. J. Hindelang, et al
The Accuracy of Official and Self-Report Meaures of Delinquency
S.A. Cernkovich, et al
Chronic Offenders: The Missing Cases in Self-Report Delinquency Research
PART THREE: WHO ARE THE DELINQUENTS? THE DISTRIBUTION AND CORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY
M.J. Hindelang
D. Huizinga & D.S. Elliot
J.G. Weis
B.R. Entner Wright, et al
Family
L.E. Wells & J.H. Rankin
School
T.P. Thornberry, et al
Peers
M. Warr
Gangs
W.B. Miller
L.T. Winfree, Jr., et al
Drugs
J. Fagan, et al
PART FOUR: WHAT CAUSES DELINQUENCY? HOW IS IT CONTROLLED? THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
Psychological Control, Early Identification, and Intervention
S. Glueck & E. Glueck
J.H. Laub & R.J. Sampson
E. Powers & S. Witmer
J. McCord
Risk Factors and Prevention
R. Jessor
E.Zigler, et al
Ecology, Enculturation, and Community Organization
R. Stark
R.J. Bursik, Jr.
S. Kobrin
S. Schlossman & M. Sedlak
Cutural Deviance and Gang Work
W.B. Miller
K.L. Chin
W.B. Miller
Social Learning and Behavior Modification
R.L. Burgess & R.L. Akers
R.E. Johnson, et al
C.J. Braukmann, et al
D.P. Rosenbaum & G.S. Hanson
Opportunity, Strain, and Rehabilitation/Reintegration
R.A. Cloward
R. Agnew
J.F. Short, Jr.
L.T. Empey & J. Rabow
Social Control, Social Development, and Prevention
T. Hirschi
K.L. Kempf
J.G. Weis & J.D. Hawkins
J.G. Weis & J. Sederstrom
J.D. Hawkins, et al
Labeling, Diversion, and Radical Nonintervention
E. Schur
R. Paternoster & L. Iovanni
R.L. Matsueda
E.M. Lemert
PART FIVE: JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM
Judicial Reform
H.H. Clark, Jr.
The Legal Legacy
P. Lerman
B.C. Feld
The System Legacy
P.W. Greenwood
D.M. Bishop & C.E. Frazier
K. Kempf-Leonard
J. Fagan
The Program Legacy
S.P. Lab & J.T. Whitehead
E.P. Deschenes & P.W. Greenwood
J.B. Vaughn
A.W. Salerno
Prospects
L.E. Ohlin
B.C. Field
Suggested Readings
Index
Great collection of writings, but not student friendly. Also out of date.
Sociology Anthropology Dept, Pacific University
March 28, 2016
Adopted as recommended. Using some readings, but not the majority of them.
Criminal Justice, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
January 14, 2013