Juvenile delinquency :

Juvenile delinquency : readings / editors Joseph G. Weis, Robert D. Crutchfield, George S. Bridges ; with Jon'a Meyer. - 2nd edition. - Boston : Pine Forge Press, [2001] - xxii, 650 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. + 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-638) and index.

Designed for undergraduate juvenile delinquency courses, this book actively involves students in the literature of the discipline, presents the field in a format that is accessible, understandable, and enjoyable, and is edited by well-known scholars who are experienced researchers and teachers.

Over 150 questions have been put together for the readings so that instructors can easily test, even in large courses, whether or not their students are keeping up with the reading.


Disk contains JDCTPROC.SAV, JDPREV1.SAV, JDPREV2.SAV, NYSJD.SAV and NYS2JD.SAV data sets for use with SPSSĀ® for Windows. Disk also contains Microcase versions of the same five data sets.

0761986782 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Juvenile delinquency--United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.

HV 9104 / .J988 2001