Delinquent-prone communities

"Despite a century of effort, criminologists do not yet fully understand the relationship between disadvantage and crime. The balance of evidence suggests that economic and social stress increase the risk of involvement in crime by increasing the motivation to offend. But there are a number of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weatherburn, Donald James (-)
Otros Autores: Lind, Bronwyn
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y., USA : Cambridge University Press 2001.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge criminology series.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39682006*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ESIOM paradigm and its problems
  • The insidious effects of economics and social stress on parenting
  • Parenting, peers and delinquency
  • Delinquency generation and the individual level
  • Delinquency generation and the aggregate level
  • An epidemic model of offender population growth
  • Theories of crime and place
  • Prevention.