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| The Nature and Extent of Delinquency | |
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| What Is Delinquency and How Does It Differ From Adult Crime? | |
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| How Is Delinquency Measured? | |
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| How Much Delinquency Is There and Is Delinquency Increasing? | |
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| Who Is Most Likely to Engage in Delinquency? | |
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| The Causes of Delinquency: Theories | |
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| What Is a Theory and How Do We Test Theories? | |
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| Strain Theory: Does Strain or Stress Cause Delinquency? | |
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| Social Learning Theory: Do Individuals Learn to Be Delinquent From Others? | |
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| Control Theory: Do Weak Controls Result in Delinquency? | |
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| Labeling Theory: Does the Reaction to Delinquency Lead to Further Delinquency? | |
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| How Do We Explain Different Patterns of Offending Over the Life Course? | |
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| Is Delinquency More Likely in Certain Types of Situations? | |
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| How Can We Explain Group Differences in Delinquency, Particularly Community Differences in Rates of Delinquency? | |
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| The Causes of Delinquency: Research | |
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| Individual Traits: What Impact Do Individual Traits Have on Delinquency? | |
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| The Family: What Impact Does the Family Have on Delinquency? | |
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| The School: What Impact Does the School Have on Delinquency? | |
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| Delinquent Peers and Gangs: What Impact Do Delinquent Peer Groups and Gangs Have on Delinquency? | |
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| What Effects Do Religion, Work, the Mass Media, Drugs, and Guns Have on Delinquency? | |
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| Pulling It All Together: Is It Possible to Construct a General Theory of Delinquency? | |
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| The Control and Prevention of Delinquency | |
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| How Is It Determined if a Policy or Program Is Effective in Controlling or Preventing Delinquency? | |
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| The Police: What Do the Police Do to Control Delinquency? | |
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| Juvenile Court and Corrections: What Do the Juvenile Court and Juvenile Correctional Agencies Do to Control Delinquency? | |
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| Does the Juvenile Justice System Discriminate Against Certain Groups in Its Efforts to Control Delinquency? | |
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| Is It Possible to Control Delinquency by Punishing More Offenders and Punishing Them More Severely? The Strategies of Deterrence and Incapacitation | |
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| Is It Possible to Prevent Delinquency and to Rehabilitate Delinquents? The Strategies of Prevention and Rehabilitation | |
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| What Should We Do to Reduce Delinquency? | |