Juvenile Delinquency: The Core, International Edition

Name: Juvenile Delinquency: The Core, International Edition
Brand: Cengage Learning, Inc
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By (author): Brandon Welsh Larry Siegel

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THE CORE, International Edition 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. See more

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Format: Paperback
Weight: 953g
Dimensions: 215 x 274mm
Publication Date: 14 May 2010
Publisher: Cengage Learning Inc
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780495812630

About Brandon WelshLarry Siegel

Larry J. Siegel was born in the Bronx New York. While living on Jerome Avenue and attending City College 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 where he earned both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. 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 at Omaha Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire and the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell where he taught for 27 years; he is now a professor emeritus. Dr. Siegel has written extensively in the area of crime and justice including books on juvenile law delinquency criminology criminal justice courts corrections and criminal procedure. He is currently completing a book on policing in America. He is a court-certified expert on police conduct and has testified in numerous legal cases. The father of four and grandfather of three he and his wife Terry now live in Naples Florida where he continues to write on various topics and issues in crime and justice. Brandon C. Welsh is a Professor of Criminology at Northeastern University and Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement in Amsterdam. He received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in England. His research interests focus on the prevention of crime and delinquency and evidence-based social policy. Dr. Welsh has published extensively in these areas and is an author or editor of ten books.