"Juvenile Delinquency: The Core will help you better understand delinquency and its causes, as well as current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence. In this cutting-edge Third Edition, best-selling authors Larry J. Siegel and Brandon C. Welsh include new Case Profiles of real-life, at-risk juveniles who have overcome delinquency. And with this book's many resources, you'll find that you are studying more effectively and achieving success in the course. Each chapter includes Chapter Objectives (linked to point-by-point Summaries), Checkpoints, critical thinking questions, and much more."--BOOK JACKET.