INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES TO DELINQUENCY
| Courts | Treatment Institution | |
| Understanding of Delinquency | Focus on law-violating behavior | Focus on corruptive environment |
| Conception of Human Nature | Free Will | Deterministic |
| Nature of Official Reaction | Punishment | Treatment |
| Goals of Official Reaction | Retribution, Deterrence | Prevention, Rehabilitation |
| Locus of Concern | Welfare of Community; Constitutional Rights of Offender | Social and Psychological Welfare of Child |
| Time Orientation | Retroactive | Proactive |