ABSTRACT
The category "mother" is being called into doubt, and the report provides behavioral referents for questioning structural notions of status and role, and specifies the kind of activities "third parties" and law-enforcement officials respond to as deviant. The Chief relied upon him for many speeches in the community on problems relating to juvenile delinquency. The many police descriptions of the murder charge all agreed that Jorge shot two other juveniles, killing one, and Jorge acknowledged firing the weapon the police say hit the victims. The officer now appeared very serious and in measured tones said: "Look, Mark, I'm through playing around with you. Smithfield's delinquent career began officially a few months after his parents were separated in County A, in a city not far from City A. As a Negro on welfare, Smithfield's case seems to fit existing theories about how delinquency is produced.
