In the
Fourth Edition of
Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society, authors Kristin A. Bates and Richelle S. Swan take a critical approach to juvenile delinquency in the context of real communities and social policies, focusing on the issues of race, class, and gender. True stories and real-world examples allow students to gain a critical understanding of juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system, encouraging them to explore how theories of delinquency can be used to create new policies and programs in their own communities.
Table of Content
Part 1: Understanding Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter 1: Thinking About Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society
Chapter 2: The Creation of Delinquency
Chapter 3: Understanding Delinquency
Part 2: Theories of Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter 4: Micro-Level Theories
Chapter 5: Macro-Level Theories
Chapter 6: Critical Theories
Part 3: The Social Contexts of Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter 7: Families in Context
Chapter 8: Schools in Context
Chapter 9: Peers and Gangs in Context
Chapter 10: Drugs in Context
Part 4: Responses to Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter 11: Why a Separate Juvenile Justice System?
Chapter 12: Policing and Juveniles
Chapter 13: The Process of the Juvenile Court
Chapter 14: Juvenile Corrections
Chapter 15: Preventative, Rehabilitative, and Restorative Approaches to Delinquency
Glossary
About the author
Richelle S. Swan is Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Justice Studies at California State University, San Marcos. She earned her Ph.D. in criminology, law, and society from the University of California, Irvine, and her M.S. in justice studies from Arizona State University. She teaches a number of classes related to delinquency, crime, law, and social justice. Her ongoing research projects focus on gang injunction laws in Southern California (with Kristin Bates) and the intersection between law, undocumented immigration, and society (with Marisol Clark-Ibáñez). Past research has included problem-solving courts, welfare fraud diversion, restorative justice, and social justice movements. She is the co-editor of Through the Eye of Katrina: Social Justice in the United States (2nd ed.) and co-author of Spicing Up Sociology: The Use of Films in Sociology Courses.
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