Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorganization in American juvenile justice. By analyzing the continuities betwen normal casework and exceptional cases, he reveals that probation officers must commonly contrive informal measures to circumvent a system which routinely obstructs the delivery of services to their clients. Jacobs defines the concept of the "no-fault society" to describe the larger context of societal disorder and interpersonal manipulation that the juvenile justice...
Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorga...
Nancy Weiss Hanrahan Mark D. Jacobs Nancy Weiss Hanrahan
This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture.
Provides an invaluable reference resource to all interested in the cultural structures and processes that animate contemporary life
Contains 27 essays on the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture, including art, science, religions, race, class, gender, collective memory, institutions, and citizenship
Reflects and analyzes the "cultural turn" that has transformed...
This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of ...
