| Description |
vi, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-240) and indexes. |
| Contents |
A general theory of crime and delinquency -- Crime is most likely when the constraints against crime are low and the motivations for crime are high -- A range of individual and social variables affect the constraints against and the motivations for crime -- The web of crime: the life domains affect one another, although some effects are stronger than others -- Crime affects its 'causes," and prior crime directly affects subsequent crime -- The causes of crime interact in affecting crime and one another -- The causes tend to have contemporaneous and nonlinear effects on crime and one another -- The life domains are influenced by a range of outside factors, including biological and environmental factors -- Using the general theory to explain group differences in crime and patterns of offending over the life course -- Testing the general theory -- Recommendations for controlling crime -- The general theory as as integrated theory of crime. |
| Subject |
Criminology.
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| ISBN |
1931719349 (pbk.) |
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