Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control

by Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina

Book Overview

An essential resource for exploring juvenile delinquency in the twenty-first century, Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control, Fourth Edition, offers a clear and concise overview of the latest theories and research on the causes and control of delinquency.

Instead of attempting to provide a sweeping view of the entire subject, Robert Agnew and new coauthor Timothy Brezina organize the text around three major questions: What is the nature and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199828148
• ISBN13: 9780199828142
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.9" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Concise, useful text

With all the thousands of conflicting studies regarding juvenile crime, Agnew manages to distill the most important theoretical paradigms and present a clear, manageable treatment of this very broad subject. I teach a course in Juvenile Delinquency at a major university, and I love using this book. It isn't intimidating, students learn easily from it, and it serves as a springboard for their research. Thanks, Dr. Agnew!