Becoming Delinquent: Young Offenders and the Correctional Process (Paperback)

One: Introduction; 1: The Function of Social Definitions in the Development of Delinquent Careers; Two: Delinquency: Hidden and Observed; 2: Extent of Unrecorded Juvenile Delinquency: Tentative Conclusions; 3: The Incidence of Hidden Delinquency; Three: Delinquents and the Police; 4: Discrimination in the Handling of Juvenile Offenders by Social Control Agencies; 5: Police Encounters with Juveniles; 6: The Police and the Delinquent in Two Cities; Four: The Juvenile Court in Operation; 7: The Juvenile Court?Quest and Realities; 8: Juvenile Court Judges in the United States: Working Styles and Characteristics; 5: Probation and the Offender; 9: The Prehearing Juvenile Report: Probation Officers’ Conceptions; 10: Criteria for the Probation Officer’s Recommendation to the Juvenile Court Judge; 11: A Study of Probation Effectiveness; Six: Training Schools and Delinquents; 12: The Fricot Ranch Study; 13: The Boy’s Perception of Himself in a State Training School for Delinquents; Seven: Conflicting Perspectives on Correctional Decisions; 14: Juvenile Court Actions and Public Response; 15: Attitudes of Probation Officers Toward Due Process for Juvenile Offenders; 16: Policy Questions in Delinquency Control: Perspectives of Police and Probation Officers