Juvenile Delinquency: The Core

by Larry J. Siegel, Brandon C. Welsh

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THE CORE, 4e delivers cutting-edge coverage of essential theory, policy, and the latest research in one value-priced, reader-friendly paperback. Renowned for its balanced approach and engaging writing style, this brief text helps readers understand the nature of delinquency and its causes, as well as current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence. It offers the latest coverage of emerging policies and programs, juvenile hate crime, social reaction and labeling theories, learning problems and delinquency, gangs, drugs, and capital punishment for juveniles. It emphasizes intervention success stories and includes new career profiles that provide invaluable insight into potential career paths--from those who work them every day. In addition, leading-edge learning aids like chapter objectives, critical thinking questions, and a helpful point-by-point summary in each chapter help students maximize their course success.

Genres: Nonfiction, School

480 pages, Paperback

First published July 8, 2004

About the author

Larry J. Siegel was born in the Bronx in 1947. While living on Jerome Avenue and attending City College of New York (CCNY) 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, earning both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees there. 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-Omaha and Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. He then taught in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell for more than 26 years. Now a Professor Emeritus, he continues to teach online courses. Dr. Siegel has written extensively in the area of crime and justice, including books on juvenile law, delinquency, criminology, criminal justice, and criminal procedure. He is a court certified expert on police conduct and has testified in numerous legal cases.

Reviews

[Martine]

Textbook...

[Gale]

Not much to say other than it was required reading for a college class. Informative and sometimes enlightening.

[Annie]

Textbook. Sorely needs updating.

[Ashley]

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Own in paperback.

FS: "Northern New Hampshire is known for its beautiful scenery and laid-back lifestyle, not for violent crime."

LS: "The major recommendations of such important organizations as the national Council of Juvenile Court Judges, the American Bar Association, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency prevention for the new century are (1) the court should be a leader for juveniles justice in the community; (2) people (judges, attorney, and probation officers) are the key to the health of the juvenile justice system; (3) public safety and rehabilitation are the goals of the juvenile justice system; (4) juvenile court workloads are shaped today and in the future by the increase of substance abuse cases that must be resolved; and (5) the greatest future needs of the juvenile court in particular are resources and funding for more services, more staff, and more facilities."

[Melissa]

BOR-ing!!! I read another Siegel book for an intro to criminal justice class and thought it was pretty comprehensive. Imagine my surprise in reading the exact same concepts in this book, supposedly all about the juvenile justice system. It's "Essentials of Criminal Justice" all over again with the word "juvenile" plastered everywhre, that's all.

I don't believe I'll be reading any more of it - there's really no point.

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I enjoyed reading Juvenile Delinquency: The Core through my "Juvenile Justice" class. What I learned inside of this book was very interesting and useful, because of the career path I am choosing that deals with children of different ages.

[Morgan Summerfield]

Most of the information in this book was a no brainer for me, but I have already raised a number of children...and I was a teenage pain in the neck once. However, I think it should be a reading consideration for anyone raising children, especially teens.

[Lisa Marie Sloan]

This is an e-book for my Juvenile Delinquency class this term

[Lisa Marie Jones]

This is the e-book for my Juvenile Delinquency class

[Bob Prophet]

Required reading for a Juvenile Delinquency course.