1st Edition

Delinquency Theories Appraisals and applications

By John Hoffmann Copyright 2011
320 Pages 72 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 72 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 72 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency. The book opens with a comprehensive description of what a theory is, and explains how theories are created in the social sciences. Following on, each subsequent chapter is dedicated to describing an individual theory, broken down and illustrated within... Read more

1. Theory and Delinquency  2. Deterrence and Delinquency  3. Biological Theories of Delinquency  4. Psychological Theories of Delinquency  5. Communities and Delinquency  6. Strain Theories of Delinquency  7. Learning to be Delinquent  8. Control Theories of Delinquency  9. Labeling, Symbolic Interactionism, and Delinquency  10. Conflict and Radical Theories of Delinquency  11. Postmodern and Feminist Views of Delinquency  12. Integrating and Elaborating Theories of Delinquency  13. Developmental Theories of Delinquency and Crime

Biography

John P. Hoffmann is Professor of Sociology at Brigham Young University. His research interests include the etiology of juvenile delinquency and drug use over the life course. His research has appeared in Criminology, The Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and other journals.