1st Edition
Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency
Edited By Terence Thornberry
Copyright 1997
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
359 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency , Terence P. Thornberry and his contributors show that criminal behavior is not a static human attribute, but ebbs and flows over the life course of the individual. Criminal behavior tends to follow a distinct psychological pattern. It is relatively uncommon during childhood, is initiated by most offenders during adolescence, flourishes during... Read more
Introduction: Some Advantages of Developmental and Life-Course Perspectives for the Study of Crime and Delinquency 1. Adolescence-Limited and Life-Course-Persistent Offending: A Complementary Pair of Developmental Theories 2. Life-Course Contingencies in the Development of Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: A Matching Law Approach 3. Stability and Change in Crime over the Life Course: A Strain Theory Explanation 4. A Life-Course Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage and the Stability of Delinquency 5. A Symbolic Interactionist Theory of Role-Transitions, Role-Commitments, and Delinquency 6. A Generic Control Theory of the Criminal Phenomenon: The Structural and Dynamic Statements of an Integrative Multilayered Control Theory 7. Crime and Capitalization: Toward a Developmental Theory of Street Crime in America 8. Developmental Aspects of Adult Crime
Biography
Terence P. Thornberry
