The programs implemented under the social policy of the Kennedy-Johnson administrations included, as substantial components, those aimed at the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency. Influential in determining operational directions for the delinquency programs were theories particularly prominent during the 1960s-opportunity and labeling. From the perspectives of long-lasting results and continuity of policy, the approaches were not successful. There would seem, however, as much reason to question the modes of execution of theorems as the adequacy of theories to account for the failures.
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