Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile misbehavior is a social problem that affects all members of society, young and old, at some time in their lives. This text analyzes delinquent behavior and its causal context. A new delinquency is emerging, and this book studies its major characteristics. Substance abuse (both drugs and alcohol), attitudes about adolescent sexuality, the specter of AIDS, an increase in "senseless violence," the burgeoning of middle- and upper-class delinquency (not only in numbers but in patterns of delinquency) - all these factors have become entwined with delinquent behavior and have become an intrinsic part of the overall delinquency problem. This has necessitated a complete rewriting of this book, the Fourth Edition, which, like its predecessors, benefits from the author's direct involvement with delinquents as a licensed therapist, as well as his research as a sociologist..