Explanation of Crime - Context, Mechanisms and Development

Informationen zum Autor Per-Olof H. Wikstrom 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. Klappentext An analysis of the roles of behavioural contexts and individual differences in crime causation. Zusammenfassung Analyses the roles of behavioural contexts and individual differences in crime causation. Concentrating on three key concepts (context! mechanisms! and development)! this volume aims to advance integrated scientific knowledge on crime causation by bringing together different scholarly approaches. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Per-Olof H. (University of Cambridge) S Wikstroem, Per-Olof H. Sampson Wikstrom
• Assisted by: Robert J. Sampson (Editor), Sampson Robert J. (Editor), Per-Olof H. Wikstrom (Editor), Per-Olof H. Wikström (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521857079
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85707-9
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Pathways in Crime; Pathways in Crime
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Child & developmental psychology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Causes and prevention of crime