In the vast body of literature on delinquency in America, it is easy to locate research and analysis on minorities, urban socio -economically disadvantaged and turbulent family structures. However, this leaves a significant portion of the delinquent population largely overlooked: white, middle-class youth. Unlike the factors that affect delinquency in others and the applications of theory that are applied to them, the problems that afflict this particular section of adolescents are in many cases quite unique, suggesting the need for a more nuanced approach under angles that were addressed until fairly recently. remained unexplored.THE TEXTWith this book, Currie seeks to explore the causes of delinquency among white, middle-class American youth, analyze methods of absolution, and suggest policy and community changes that might help this often neglected and reduce delinquency rates. Throughout the text, Currie opts for very simple, down-to-earth diction that suggests he is writing for a general audience beyond the sociological community, in several cases using phrases such as "what scholars of the social sciences call,” and explaining the conventions of the discipline in more detail for the reader (Currie 2005). His arguments are easy to digest and explained simply but thoroughly, and he cites a wide variety of direct quotes, existing literature, and recent and relevant news sources to support his observations. Main arguments First, Currie sets out the idea that young people drift into a state of apathy of “whatever” rather than simply seeking out delinquency. From this perspective, it is a gradual shift from compliance to delinquency caused by increasing apathy rather than a major traumatic event. This slide is largely a...... middle of an article......url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60069943?accountid=7118).Currie, Elliot. 2005. The Road to Everything: Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence. New York: Metropolitan Books. Chambliss, William J. 1973. “The Saints and the Roughnecks.” Society 11 (1):24-31.Lerman, Paul. 2002. “Twentieth-Century Developments in American Institutional Systems for Troubled Youth.” 74-109 in “Twentieth-Century Developments in American Institutional Systems for Troubled Youth.” U Chicago Press (http://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview /60043723?accountid=7118). Skyes, Gresham M. and David Matza. 1998. “Neutralization Techniques: A Theory of Delinquency.” Pp. 105-116 in Juvenile Delinquency: Historical, Theoretical and Societal Reactions to Youth, 2nd ed., edited by PM Sharp and BM Hancock. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.