Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law,
14th Edition

Part I: THE CONCEPT OF DELINQUENCY.
1. Childhood and Delinquency.
2. The Nature and Extent of Delinquency.
Part II: THEORIES OF DELINQUENCY.
3. Individual Views of Delinquency.
4. Social Structure, Process, Culture, and Delinquency.
5. Social Reaction, Social Conflict, and Delinquency.
6. Developmental Theories of Delinquency: Life Course, Latent Trait, and Trajectory.
Part III: SOCIAL, COMMUNITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON DELINQUENCY.
7. Gender and Delinquency.
8. The Family and Delinquency.
9. Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups.
10. Schools and Delinquency.
11. Drug Use and Delinquency.
Part IV: THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
12. Juvenile Justice: Then and Now.
13. Police Work with Juveniles.
14. Juvenile Court Process: Pretrial, Trial, and Sentencing.
15. Juvenile Corrections: Probation, Community Treatment, and Institutionalization.

• Larry J. Siegel

  Larry J. Siegel was born in the Bronx, New York. While living on Jerome Avenue and attending City College in the 1960s, he was swept up in the social and political currents of the time. He became intrigued with the influence contemporary culture had on individual behavior: Did people shape society or did society shape people? He applied his interest in social forces and human behavior to the study of crime and justice. After graduating from CCNY, he attended the newly opened program in criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany, where he earned both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. After completing his graduate work, Dr. Siegel began his teaching career at Northeastern University, where he was a faculty member for nine years. After leaving Northeastern, he held teaching positions at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire and the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where he taught for 27 years; he is now a professor emeritus. Dr. Siegel has written extensively in the area of crime and justice, including books on juvenile law, delinquency, criminology, criminal justice, courts, corrections and criminal procedure. He is currently completing a book on policing in America. He is a court-certified expert on police conduct and has testified in numerous legal cases. The father of four and grandfather of three, he and his wife, Terry, now live in Naples, Florida, where he continues to write on various topics and issues in crime and justice.

• NEW OR COMPLETELY UPDATED DISCUSSIONS ADDRESS CURRENT, MEANINGFUL TOPICS. Students examines engaging, timely topics such as trends in the youth populations or current economic instability. For example, new discussion explains how by the year 2050, children of color will make up more than 60 percent of the youth population under the age of 15 and how 12 million out of 75 million under age 18 in the U.S., or more than 16 percent of children, now live in poverty.

• NEW DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THIS EDITION REVIEW THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY. New discussions examine how 75% of youth regularly use some form of social media, ranging from Facebook to Snapchat, Instagram to Twitter and how teens are experiencing cyber bullying in record numbers. New coverage also highlights new research that links this phenomenon to teen suicides.

• UPDATED DATA EXAMINES TEEN DEATHS DUE TO FIREARMS. New discussions share how in a single year more than 4000 teens are now are killed with guns, either shot by others or by their own hand. This edition demonstrates how gun violence was heightened during the COVID crisis, when school closings and sequestering heightened tensions.

• NEW RESEARCH ADDRESSES SUSPECTED CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY. Updates examine mental disorders and possible social causes of delinquency. New material covers Racialized General Strain Theory (RGST). New sections also review Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its use to analyze social constructions, from school discipline to the application of law and operation of legal institutions. New coverage of critical feminist theory presents the effects of gender inequality, while the Fact Track program examines antisocial behavior and social and psychological influences.

• REVISED AND UPDATED CHAPTERS CONNECT SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND DELINQUENCY. Students examine the most current research on family functioning and delinquency, including research conducted both in the U.S. and abroad on the effects of physical and psychological abuse. New content discusses how some professionals counter with negative effects caused by dysfunctional families by addressing the problem before it occurs. New discussions also cover early childhood prevention programs that target at-risk youths.

• UPDATED SECTIONS ADDRESS TODAY'S GANGS AND GANG OPERATIONS. New content discusses how gang leaders use social media to communicate and promote illicit activities. Students also review how gangs use social networking sites, such as Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, to glamorize gang lifestyles and recruit new members.

• UPDATES IN CHAPTER ON SCHOOLS HIGHLIGHT DOWNWARD TRENDS IN CRIME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. New content shows that beyond the terrible instances of school shootings, overall serious school crime has trended downward during the past decade. This chapter also analyzes the important 2021 Supreme Court case of Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., covering the free speech right of students to use the internet off-campus. Updates also address trends in teenage substance abuse and how in 2021, at the height of the COVID crisis, teen drug use dropped the most in recorded history.

• UPDATED CHAPTERS ON THE JUVENILE JUSTICE EXAMINE IMPORTANT TRENDS. Students review the latest trends in juvenile court case processing. Students discuss the downward trend in number of cases processed, which is half of what it was 25 years ago despite a sizable increase in teen population. New sections also examine on the effectiveness of public defenders compared to private attorneys and trends in juvenile corrections. The author emphasizes a significant decline of more than 50% in the juvenile correctional population from 2005 to today, both in community-based and secure facilities.

• NEW "INTERNATIONAL DELINQUENCY" FEATURE EXAMINES DELINQUENCY ACROSS THE GLOBE. This intriguing new feature in every chapter looks at the nature of delinquency in other countries as well as how delinquent behavior is treated in various nations. For instance, the "International Delinquency" feature in Chapter 12 reviews juvenile justice systems across countries, while the feature in Chapter 13 looks at special juvenile police units around the world.

• CHAPTER-OPENING VIGNETTES DISCUSS ACTUAL CASES. Students examine situations that people in the field of juvenile delinquency and justice encounter each day. Vignettes emphasize how at-risk youth worked their way out of delinquency with the help of treatment personnel, including police, teachers, social workers and counselors. Critical-thinking questions connect these real-life stories to chapter material. Students see the relevance of what they are learning and how it prepares them for challenges they may face within the juvenile justice system.

• ENGAGING BOXED FEATURES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TOPICS IMPORTANT TO THE FIELD. "Focus on Delinquency" covers controversial issues and exciting new research, while "Treating Delinquency" boxes focus on evidence-based policies and successful practices. These features discuss such innovative projects as the popular restorative justice initiative "Family Group Conferencing (FGC)" and the "Keepin It REAL" program that has replaced the traditional D.A.R.E. school based anti-drug program.

• "PROFESSIONAL SPOTLIGHTS" IDENTIFY PROMISING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. This timely feature in each chapter provides a "behind the scenes" look at career options in the areas of delinquency treatment, prevention and intervention. For example, Chapter 15 spotlights Suki Chen, a residential counselor at a private institution for girls in need.

• RESEARCH AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS. "Viewpoint" writing assignments in each chapter present a hypothetical case for your students to analyze and write about after researching issues on the Web with the guidance of the "Doing Research on the Web" feature.

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