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Thoroughly Revised and Updated Ninth Edition of the Leading Text in the
Field Delinquency in Society is a balanced and up-to-date examination
of the historical, social, and theoretical contexts of delinquency. A
comprehensive and systematic overview of juvenile delinquency, criminal
behavior, and status-offending youths, the text includes an overview of
critical theories on delinquency and juvenile crime as well as a review
of historical and institutional responses to delinquency.