Juvenile Delinquency - Causes and Control

Informationen zum Autor Robert Agnew is Fellow of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), recipient of ASC's Edwin H. Sutherland award, and past President of the ASC. He is best known for the development of General Strain Theory. He is the author of several books, including Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory (2005) and Why Do Criminals Offend? A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency (2004), both published by Oxford UniversityPress.Timothy Brezina is Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University. His research interests include criminological theory, youth violence, and youth mentoring. His studies have appeared in Criminology, Justice Quarterly, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and other leading journals. He is currently evaluating an innovative Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program for at-risk youth.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Agnew, Robert/ Brezina Agnew, Timothy Brezina
• Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780190641610
• ISBN: 978-0-19-064161-0
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 255 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology