The Explanation of Crime

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780521119054
• ISBN-10: 0521119057
• Artikelnr.: 26571717

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.