ENCOUNTERS AND OUTCOMES - THE CASE OF THE YOUNG SHOPLIFTER (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A BERSANI - SEE NCJ-006248)

• NCJ Number: 10212
• Author(s): M O Cameron
• Date Published: 1964
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM THE BOOSTER AND THE SNITCH - DEPARTMENT STORE SHOPLIFTING, BY M O CAMERON, MACMILLAN, 1964

Annotation

PROSECUTION OF THE JUVENILE SHOPLIFTER RESULTING IN INCARCERATION INCREASES HIS CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL ENVIRONMENT AND THUS HIS SELF-IDENTITY AS A DELINQUENT.