• Understand how crime is officially and unofficially recorded.
• Identify key problems with official reporting.
• Identify general patterns of offending and victimization for boys.
• Discuss why theory is important in explaining and preventing crime.
• Broadly identify the differences between person-centered, society-centered, and critical theories.
• Articulate how integrated theories build on person-centered and society-centered theories.
• Discuss three prominent person-centered theories.
• Discuss three prominent society-centered theories.