224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
221 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this important classic work, one of America's foremost social scientists introduces a significant approach to the causation of delinquency and advances an all-inclusive strategy for coping with a national problem of continuing concern. MacIver shows that delinquency is caused by a complex and bewildering interplay of many factors and is not susceptible to simplistic explanations and solutions.... Read more
One: The Associated Conditions; 1: The Statistical Picture; 2: High-Delinquency and Low-Delinquency Areas; 3: The Psychic Conditions; Two: Leads to Causation; 4: Statement of the Problem; 5: Social-Class Theories of Delinquency; 6: Conclusions on the Relation of Culture and Delinquency; 7: Salient and Crucial Situations in the Causation of Delinquency; 8: The Over-all Increase of Delinquency; 9: Summation; Three: Strategic Applications; 10: Broad Considerations on Strategy; 11: The School; 12: Inclusive Neighborhood and Community Programs; 13: The Police; 14: The Court; 15: The Custodial Institution; 16: Treatment Systems; 17: The Over-all Planning of Anti-Delinquency Programs
Biography
Jennifer Schrock
