CRJ 766 Sociology of Delinquency

Reviews the role-violating and law-breaking of youth by focusing on factors such as age, sex, class and social role, and on social forces such as urbanism, socialization, bureaucratization and intergenerational conflict. Examines recurring conflicts, including deviance vs. conformity, rites of passage vs. individual rights, alienation vs. commitment, confrontation vs. cooptation and passivity vs. violence.