Juvenile Delinquency

William E. Thompson is professor of sociology at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Professor Thompson has authored and coauthored more than 40 articles in professional journals, including several reprinted in sociology textbooks and readers.

Brief Table of Contents

Part I: Conformity, Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency
1: A Sociological Approach to Juvenile Delinquency
2: Dimensions of Juvenile Delinquency

Part II: Causes of Juvenile Delinquency
3: Classical, Biological, and Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency
4: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Strain and Cultural Transmission Theories
5: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Learning and Social Control Theories
6: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Labeling and Radical/Conflict Theories
7: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Maturation/Life-Course, Rational Choice/Deterrence and Feminist Theories

Part III: Juvenile Delinquency in a Social Context
8: Family and Juvenile Delinquency
9: Schools and Delinquency
10: Youth Subcultures and Delinquency
11: Juvenile Gangs and Delinquency

Part IV: Applied Theory: Social Control and the Juvenile Justice System
12: Juveniles and the Police
13: Juvenile Courts
14: Juvenile Corrections

Part V: Applied Theory: Strategies for Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency
15: Treatment and Prevention Strategies
16: Rethinking the Delinquency Problem