Juvenile Delinquency in the Netherlands

Abstract

The Dutch juvenile justice system: an introduction; Patterns in delinquent behavior; Causal factors: social control theory; Social control theory versus differential association: a test on panel data; Aggression in a youth club: an observation study in a town in the west of Holland; The juvenile investigation unit: an observation study; Effects of intervention by the police and the prosecutor; Innovations in the Dutch juvenile justice system: alternative sanctions;