An examination and synthesis of the contemporary psychological views on the causation of juvenile delinquency

Every year thousands of "Delinquent" children appear before the Juvenile Courts of the world. What then is a delinquent child? The definition of a delinquent child varies in different schools of thought. The aim of this thesis is to take each of these schools of thought, critically examine them, and then try to reach some decree of synthesis in the etimological battlefield of Juvenile delinquency.