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Juvenile delinquency --- Pre-trial intervention --- Social work with children --- Social work with youth --- Social control --- Social education --- Youth --- Children --- Pre-trial diversion --- Pretrial intervention --- Corrections --- Pre-trial procedure --- Delinquency, Juvenile --- Juvenile crime --- Conduct disorders in children --- Crime --- Juvenile corrections --- Reformatories --- Prevention

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This book provides the first systematic overview of German sociology today. Thirty-four chapters review current trends, relate them to international discussions and discuss perspectives for future research. The contributions span the whole range of sociological research topics, from social inequality to the sociology of body and space, addressing pressing questions in sociological theory and innovative research methods. TOC: Introduction Culture / Uta Karstein and Monika Wohlrab-Sahr Demography and Aging / François Höpflinger Economic Sociology / Andrea Maurer Education and Socialization / Matthias Grundmann Environment / Anita Engels Europe / Monika Eigmüller Family and Intimate Relationships / Dirk Konietzka, Michael Feldhaus, Michaela Kreyenfeld, and Heike Trappe (Felt) Body. Sports, Medicine, and Media / Robert Gugutzer and Claudia Peter Gender / Paula-Irene Villa and Sabine Hark Globalization and Transnationalization / Anja Weiß Global South / Eva Gerharz and Gilberto Rescher History of Sociology / Stephan Moebius Life Course / Johannes Huinink and Betina Hollstein Media and Communication / Andreas Hepp Microsociology / Rainer Schützeichel Migration / Ludger Pries Mixed-Methods and Multimethod Research / Felix Knappertsbusch, Bettina Langfeldt, and Udo Kelle Organization / Raimund Hasse Political Sociology / Jörn Lamla Qualitative Methods / Betina Hollstein and Nils C. Kumkar Quantitative Methods / Alice Barth and Jörg Blasius Religion / Matthias Koenig Science and Higher Education / Anna Kosmützky and Georg Krücken Social Inequalities-Empirical Focus / Gunnar Otte, Mara Boehle, and Katharina Kunißen Social Inequalities-Theoretical Focus / Thomas Schwinn Social Movements / Thomas Kern Social Networks / Roger Häußling Social Policy / Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Christopher Grages Social Problems / Günter Albrecht Social Theory / Wolfgang Ludwig Schneider Society / Uwe Schimank Space. Urban, Rural, Territorial / Martina Löw Technology and Innovation / Werner Rammert Work and Labor / Brigitte Aulenbacher and Johanna Grubner List of Contributors Index

Sociology --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. --- Body. --- Communication and Media. --- Comparative Sociology. --- Culture. --- Demography and Ageing. --- Economic Sociology. --- Education. --- Environment. --- Europe. --- Gender. --- Global South. --- Globalization and Transnationalisation. --- History of Sociology. --- Intimate Relationships and Family. --- Labor. --- Life Course and Biography. --- Micro Sociology. --- Migration. --- Mixed-Methods. --- Organization. --- Political Sociology. --- Qualitative Methods. --- Quantitative Methods. --- Religion. --- Sciences and Higher Education. --- Social Inequalities. --- Social Movements. --- Social Networks. --- Social Policy. --- Social Problems. --- Social Theory. --- Society. --- Space. --- Technology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences