Per-Olof H. Wikström / Robert J. Sampson (eds.)

The Explanation of Crime

Context, Mechanisms and Development
Herausgeber: Sampson, Robert J.; Wikstrom, Per-Olof H.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An analysis of the roles of behavioural contexts and individual differences in crime causation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780521857079
• ISBN-10: 0521857074
• Artikelnr.: 22712725

Autorenporträt

Per-Olof H. Wikström is Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the University of Cambridge.
Robert J. Sampson is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Toward a unified approach to crime and its explanation
Per-Olof H. Wikström and Robert J. Sampson; 1. A systematic perspective on
crime Mario Bunge; 2. How does community context matter? Social mechanisms
and the explanation of crime rates Robert J. Sampson; 3. Individuals,
settings and acts of crime: situational mechanisms and the explanation of
crime Per-Olof H. Wikström; 4. Evidence from behavioral genetics for
environmental contributions to antisocial conduct Terrie Moffitt and
Avshalom Caspi; 5. A three-dimensional, cumulative developmental model of
serious delinquency Rolf Loeber, N. Wim Slot and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber;
6. Self-control and social control of deviant behavior in context:
development and interactions along the life course Marc LeBlanc; 7.
Desistance, social bonds and human agency: a theoretical explanation
Anthony Bottoms; Index.