Mucchielli's work provides a reference frame for sociological work and reasoning on the major sociological and political question of delinquency, which is heavily charged with concerns and representations. After a chapter that traces the history of delinquency sociology, a methodological chapter outlines the methods that make it possible to measure delinquent behavior and evaluate social actors' behavior. The work then focuses on the three major fields of the sociology of delinquency: 1) the evolution of penal norms - the law defines delinquency yet the law continues to change; 2) transgressions - who transgresses and why?; 3) social reaction or the fact that an unknown or unpunished delinquency does not exist socially - how does society react to delinquency?
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