Juvenile Delinquency: Mainstream and Crosscurrents

Offering a highly analytical yet balanced approach, Juvenile Delinquency: Mainstream and Crosscurrents, Third Edition, encourages students to think critically about important real-world issues including the effects of inequality, race, class, and gender on juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system. Lively, engaging, and accessible, it is ideal for juvenile delinquency courses in both criminal justice and sociology departments.

FEATURES

A critical approach highlighting issues of race, class, gender, and inequality

Straightforward explanations of theory, history, gender, and international issues

Crosscurrents boxes on engaging and controversial challenges in the field

Rich pedagogical features including critical-thinking questions as captions for photos, Focus on Ethics boxes, and Learning Objectives that are keyed to the Summary tables

An online Ancillary Resource Center (ARC) containing an Instructor's Manual, a Computerized Test Bank, and PowerPoint-based lecture slides

An open-access Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/fuller that provides additional resources for students