Abstract
This study considers the extent to which both the national statistics on delinquency and data from one metropolitan juve nile court support the objective of individualized treatment. In addition, it questions both the advisability and the accuracy of viewing delinquency solely as a matter of youthful behavior, and notes the limitations of a purely psychological model. It presents a political definition of juvenile delinquency, which is thus seen as arising out of the decision-making processes of the juvenile court rather than out of the behavior itself.
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