Theories of delinquency: an examination of explanations of delinquent behavior

Theories of Delinquency is a comprehensive survey of the theoretical approaches towards understanding delinquent behavior. It includes discussions and evaluations of all major individualistic and sociological theories, presenting each theory in a standard format with basic assumptions, important concepts, and critical evaluations of the relevant research. INDICE: Preface; 1.: Explanations of Delinquency; The Problem of Delinquency; The Issue of Causality; What Is a Theory?; Verification of Theories; The Plan of This Book; 2.: The Classical School: Issues of Choice and Reasoning;Historical Overview; Rational Choice Theory; Summary; 3.: Biological and Biosocial Explanations; Historical Overview; Generic Assumptions; Somatotypes and Delinquency; Inheritance and Delinquency; Emerging Trends in Biological Explanations of Delinquency; Summary; 4.: Psychological Theories; Historical Overview; Generic Assumptions; Intelligence and Delinquency; The Psychiatric-Psychoanalytic Approach; General Personality Characteristics; Summary; 5.: Social Disorganization and Anomie; Historical Overview; Generic Assumptions; Social Disorganization; Anomie and Delinquency: Discontinuities in Society; Summary; 6.: Lower-Class-Based Theories of Delinquency; Historical Overview and Generic Assumptions; Cohen and the Middle-Class Measuring Rod; Cloward and Ohlin's Theory of Differential Opportunity Structure; Miller's Theory of Lower-Class Culture and Delinquency; Summary; 7.: Interpersonal and Situational Explanations; Historical Overview; Generic Assumptions; Differential Association; Drift and Delinquency; Summary; 8.:. Control Theories; Historical Overview; Generic Assumptions; Personal Controls; Social Controls-The Social Bond; A General Theory of Crime; Summary; 9.:. Labeling Theory; Historical Overview; Generic Assumptions;Summary; 10.: The Radical Theory of Delinquency; Historical Overview; Beyond 'Radical' Theory; Summary; 11.: Female Delinquency; Historical Overview; BasicBiological and Psychological Approaches; Gender Roles and Delinquency; Women's Emancipation; Evaluation; Power-Control Theory; Feminist Explanations of Female Delinquency; Summary; 12.:. Delinquency Theory: An Integrative Approach; Integrated Theories: Some Considerations and a Proposed Model; Author Index; Subject Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-537417-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 399
• Fecha Publicación: 28/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés