Delinquency in Society, Eighth Edition
Robert M. Regoli, John D. Hewitt, Matt DeLisi
ISBN: 978-0-7637-6434-0
Paperback ● 550 Pages ● © 2010
Edition Transition Guide
Major Changes:
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4-color format
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Reduction and condensing of book from 17 to 14 chapters
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Chapter 2: New section on measuring delinquency using homicide data
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Chapter 3: New, distinct chapter on biosocial/biological theories
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Chapter 4: New, distinct chapter on psychological theories
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Chapter 5: New discussion on the Project on Human Development in
Chicago Neighborhoods
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Chapter 8: New section on girls and violence
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Chapter 10: New discussion of preventing school crime and violence
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Chapter 11: New chapter combining discussions of juvenile violence
and drug use
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Chapter 12: Enhanced discussion of theoretical models of gang
delinquency
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Chapter 13: New combination of prior separate chapters on police,
courts, and corrections
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Chapter 14: An entirely new chapter on delinquency prevention
Major Chapter Changes:
Chapter 1:
 Updated opening discussion
 Update discussion of child maltreatment
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Updated discussion of social and legal definitions of delinquency
New theme box discussing parent-liability
Chapter 2:
 New section of measuring delinquency using homicide data
 Updated discussion of major criminal career studies
 Enhanced discussion of Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street hypothesis
Chapter 3:
 Entire distinct chapter on biosocial/biological theories
 Updated discussion of lead-delinquency relationship
 Expanded discussion and new figures of brain scans and behavior
 New and updated discussion on biology and crime
Chapter 4:
 Entire distinct chapter on psychological theories
 New section on moral development theory
 New section on personality theory
 New sections on aggression, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct
disorder
Chapter 5:
 New discussion on the Project on Human Development in Chicago
Neighborhoods
 New figure on race/ethnic differences in delinquent development
 New discussion on personal competence, prosocial competence, and
prosocial behavior as characteristics of good kids from bad
neighborhoods
Chapter 6:
 Updated discussion of theory tests
 Revised discussion of differential oppression theory
Chapter 7:
 New section on theory/research by David Farrington
 New section on theory/research by Sarnoff Mednick and Patricia
Brennan
 New box feature on the development of an extreme delinquent career
Chapter 8:
 New section on girls and violence
 Updated discussion of biological and psychological theories and female
delinquency
Chapter 9:
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Enhanced discussion of child maltreatment
Updated literature on family correlates of delinquency
Chapter 10:
 Expanded discussion of bullying in schools
 Added discussion of disciplinary actions taken by schools in reaction to
school violence
 Expanded discussion of schools, children, and the law, which now
includes a discussion of the rights of disabled students facing
suspension
 Updated discussion of corporal punishment
 Added discussion on prevention of school crime and violence with new
sections on zero-tolerance policies and reducing school-risk factors
Chapter 11:
 Entirely new combined chapter on violence, drug use, and delinquency
 Enhanced discussion of links between drug use and delinquency
Chapter 12:
 Updated discussion of the magnitude of the gang problem in the
United States
 Enhanced discussion of theoretical models of gang delinquency
Chapter 13:
 Distinct chapters on police, courts, and corrections combined into a
single chapter on juvenile justice
 Updated discussion of police juvenile encounters
 Updated discussion of juvenile detention centers
 Updated figure on juvenile case processing
Chapter 14:
 Entirely new chapter on delinquency prevention
 New discussions of early childhood development
 New discussions of model and promising prevention programs