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Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society
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Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society

Third Edition


January 2020 | 488 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society presents a fresh, critical examination of juvenile delinquency in the context of real communities and social policies— addressing many social factors that shape juvenile delinquency and its control, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Authors Kristin A. Bates and Richelle S. Swan use true stories and contemporary examples to link theories of delinquency to current public policies and to existing community programs, encouraging readers to consider how theories of delinquency can be used to create new policies and programs in their own communities. The Third Edition includes a new chapter on policing and juveniles, updated scholarship that strengthens the integration of both classic and cutting-edge research, and updates to the book’s supportive pedagogical features to reflect current events and the experiences of diverse populations of youth.

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Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Part 1 • Understanding Juvenile Delinquency
 
Chapter 1 • Thinking About Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society
Defining Juvenile Delinquency

 
Conceptions of Juvenile Delinquency

 
The Well-Being of Children

 
The United States as a Place Where Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Are Important

 
The Sociological Imagination: Five Vignettes

 
The Juvenile Justice System and Diversity

 
Philosophy and Organization of the Book

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Social Construction and Media

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 2 • The Creation of Delinquency
The Social Construction of Youth and Delinquency

 
Popular Culture: A Target of Moral Panics About Delinquency

 
At the Crossroads: 21st-Century Social Constructions of Youth and Delinquency

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Delinquency and Dependence in 21st-Century Television Shows and Films

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 3 • Understanding Delinquency: Data, Correlates, and Trends
How to Lie With Statistics

 
The Tyranny of Small Numbers

 
Qualitative Versus Quantitative Data

 
How Do We Know What We Know? What Data Sources Do We Use to Map Trends

 
Correlates of Delinquency

 
The Nature of Delinquency as Measured by the UCR

 
General Trends in Delinquency

 
Using Gender as an Example: Comparing Trends Across Data Sources

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Juvenile Violent Crime Trend in City

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Part 2 • Theories of Juvenile Delinquency
 
Chapter 4 • Micro-Level Theories
Preclassical Ideas

 
Classical Theories

 
Biological, Psychological, and Biosocial Theories

 
Differential Association Theory

 
Social Control Theory/Social Bonding Theory

 
General Strain Theory

 
Micro-Level Theories and Public Policy

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity: Antibullying Exercise: Adding Diversity to the Program

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 5 • Macro-Level Theories
Social Structural Theories of Delinquency

 
Anomie Theories

 
Social Disorganization Theory

 
Social Structural Theories and Public Policy

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: A Look at Sexuality, Homeless Youth, and Delinquency

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 6 • Critical Theories
Critical Theories of Delinquency

 
Conflict Theory: A Focus on Socioeconomic Class

 
Feminist Theories: A Focus on Gender and Intersectionality

 
Critical Theories of Delinquency and Public Policy

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Are Critical Theories of Delinquency Being Put Into Action in Your Area?

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Part 3 • The Social Contexts of Juvenile Delinquency
 
Chapter 7 • Families in Context
Family Today

 
Family and Delinquency

 
Diversity and the Family

 
Child Maltreatment

 
Child Maltreatment and Delinquency

 
Parents in Prison

 
Foster Care and Foster Youth

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Parenting in Prison

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 8 • Schools in Context
The Diverse School Experience

 
The Budgeting of Education

 
School Failure, Dropping Out, and Delinquency

 
Disengagement and Delinquency

 
Crime and Delinquency in Schools

 
Bullying and Cyberbullying

 
The Policy of Punishment in Schools: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

 
The School and Student Rights

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Examining School Data on Delinquency

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 9 • Peers and Gangs in Context
Why Do Peers Matter to Delinquency?

 
Friendship and Delinquency: How Gender Matters

 
The Kid in the Corner: The Impact of a Lack of Friendships

 
Conventional Adolescence or New Forms of Delinquency? The Use of Technology as a Means of Peer Interaction

 
Gangs and Delinquency

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Gangs and Technology

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 10 • Drugs in Context
Reasons for and Societal Understandings of Drug Use

 
The Role of Legal Products in Youth Substance Use

 
Youth Substance Use Patterns Today

 
The Relationship of Substance Use to Delinquency

 
Responses to and Prevention of Youth Drug Use

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Finding Culturally Relevant Drug Prevention/ Treatment Programs

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Part 4 • Responses to Juvenile Delinquency
 
Chapter 11 • Why a Separate Juvenile Justice System?
What Is the Goal of the Juvenile Justice System?

 
Justifications for Punishment

 
Juvenile Justice and Specialized Terminology

 
Philosophical Shifts and the Legal Treatment of Juveniles

 
The Future of Juvenile Justice

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: The Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency in South Korea and Around the World

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 12 • Policing and Juveniles
Police and Juveniles

 
Police Interactions With Juveniles

 
Policing and Discretion

 
Programs to Improve Police–Youth Relations

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Examining the Policing of Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Challenges

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 13 • The Process of the Juvenile Court
An Overview of the Juvenile Justice Process

 
The Juvenile Justice Process and Race, Class, and Gender

 
Family Court

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Juvenile Intake Screening

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 14 • Juvenile Corrections
Community Corrections

 
Corrections and Gender, Race, Undocumented Youth, and LGBTQ Intersections

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: A Look at Juvenile Institutions and Policies

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Chapter 15 • Preventative, Rehabilitative, and Restorative Approaches to Delinquency
Prevention

 
Rehabilitation

 
Restorative Justice Approaches

 
A Comprehensive Approach: The Models for Change Program

 
The Future of Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Restorative Justice Approaches to Delinquency

 
Summary

 
Eye on Diversity Exercise: Global Approaches to Delinquency

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Terms

 
Chapter Pretest Answers

 
 
Glossary
 
Notes
 
Index

Supplements

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Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society is the only juvenile delinquency text that fully integrates issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality throughout the text.”

Tia Andersen
University of South Carolina

“Comprehensive overview of juvenile delinquency form a sociological perspective.”

Beth A. Easterling
Mary Baldwin University

“Very informative and well-constructed for student success.”

Andrekus Dixon
University of North Texas

“A solid and comprehensive overview pertaining to juvenile delinquency that focuses on a variety of important factors impacting deviant behavior in today's world.”

Jacqueline Mullany
Triton College

Comprehensive and readable

Miss Story Edison
Sociology Dept, Ohio State University
December 6, 2021

Examples and inclusion of specific issues of diversity were important.

Professor Stacey Nofziger
Sociology Dept, University Of Akron
October 16, 2022

I love that it takes an intersectional perspective in understanding juvenile delinquency

Dr Alexia Angton
Culture/Society Dept, Drake University
December 1, 2021

the new chapter on policing and juveniles.

Ms Karen Martinez
Sociology Dept, Kent State University
February 29, 2020
Key features
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
  • A new chapter on policing and juveniles provides an expanded discussion of this topic and covers issues such as the roles of the police, issues of custody, discretion, use of force, policing and inequitable treatment related to race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and ability, and programs to improve police-youth relations.
  • New topics include states’ definitions of juveniles and how juvenile policies are created; immigration and juvenile delinquency; the impact of community, family, and individual risk factors on arrests among indigenous adolescents; community awareness and delinquency of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth; a new law banning parents from testifying against their children; changes required by the 2018 reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); and more.
  • Updated pedagogical tools explore diverse youth populations, delinquency, and/or social control efforts.
  • New and updated research, data, tables, figures, vignettes, and examples provide students with relevant and current material to keep them engaged.

KEY FEATURES:

  • Coverage of diversity is woven throughout the book in text, photos, and exercises to reflect the realities of contemporary juvenile delinquency.
  • The text substantively links theories of delinquency, not only to existing public policies but also to existing community programs.
  • Chapter opening Juvenile Delinquency Vignettes illustrate the concepts of the chapter from a diverse or critical perspective.
  • In the News... features offer an example of a current event that links a main concept from the chapter to a real-world example, making the concepts of juvenile delinquency come alive.
  • From the Classroom to the Community boxes highlight individual and community activism related to delinquency and juvenile justice, connecting theory to real-life opportunities that make an impact in the community.
  • A Focus on Research boxes discuss influential pieces of research linked to chapter topics.
  • On the Media boxes include a consideration of how different forms of traditional or social media are used to convey ideas about delinquency or to publicize acts of delinquency.
  • Eye on Diversity exercises helps students explore issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, or ability as related to the chapter topic, and then apply them to real-life policy decisions.
  • Each chapter starts with a True/False Chapter Pretest that allows students to test their knowledge before reading the chapter, helping to address misconceptions.

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