Becoming delinquent : young offenders and the correctional process / edited by Peter G. Garabedian and Don C. Gibbons.

Includes bibliographical references.

The function of social definitions in the development of delinquent careers, by C. Werthman.--Extent of unrecorded juvenile delinquency: tentative conclusions, by J. F. Short, Jr. and F. I. Nye.--The incidence of hidden delinquency, by F. J. Murphy, M. M. Shirley, H. L. Witner.--Discrimination in the handling of juvenile offenders by social control agencies, by R. M. Terry.--Police encounters with juveniles, by I. Piliavin and S. Briar.--The police and the delinquent in two cities, by J. Q. Wilson.--The juvenile court--quest and realities, by E. M. Lemert.--Juvenile court judges in the United States: working styles and characteristics, by R. H. Walther and S. D. McCune.--The prehearing juvenile report: probation officers' conceptions, by S. Z. Gross.--Criteria for the probation officer's recommendation to the juvenile court, by Y. Cohn.--A study of probation effectiveness, by F. Scarpitti and R. M. Stephenson.--The Fricot Ranch study, by C. F. Jesness.--The boy's perception of himself in a State training school for delinquents, by T. G. Eynon and J. E. Simpson.--Juvenile court actions and public response, by H. Parker.--Attitutes of probation officers toward due process for juvenile offenders, by J. D. McMillin and P. G. Garabedian.--Policy questions in delinquency control: perspectives of police and probation officers, by P. G. Garabedian.