Crime and Its Social Context - Toward an Integrated Theory of Offenders, Victims, and Situations

Theories of criminality and theories of victimization have traditionally been discussed as though they bore no relationship to one another. Yet, a complete explanation for crime must examine both the decision to engage in crime by an offender and the everyday actions of ordinary citizens that increase vulnerability to criminals. The integration of these approaches yields testable models that have greater predictive power than could be obtained by looking only at models of offenders or models of victim behavior. A more general perspective that accounts for both the decision to engage in crime and the selection of particular crime targets is developed and tested.

About the author

Terance D. Miethe is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Robert F. Meier is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University.

Product details

• Authors: Robert F Meier, Robert F. Meier, Terance D Miethe, Terance D. Miethe
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1994
• EAN: 9780791419021
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1902-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 371 g
• Series: Suny Series, Deviance & Social; Suny Deviance and Social Contr
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology