TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shoemaker, Donald J
TI  - Theories of delinquency : : an examination of explanations of delinquent behavior / 
SN  - 0-19-508731-3 (pbk.)
U1  - DC 364.36 1996
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
KW  - Juvenile delinquency
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents
1	Explanations of Delinquency	3
2	The Classical School - Issues of Choice and Reasoning	12
3	Biological and Biosocial Explanations	21
4	Psychological Theories	47
5	Social Disorganization and Anomie	75
6	Lower-Class-Based Theories of Delinqueucy	103
7	Interpersonal and Situational Explanations	134
8	Control Theories	156
9	Labeling Theory	191
10	The Radical Theory of Delinquency	208
11	Female Delinquency	226
12	Delinquency Theory: An Integrative Approach	251
 	Author Index	269
 	Subject Index	281

ER  -