Surveys the major theoretical approaches to understanding delinquent behavior, both biological and psychological. It features careful explanations of the major
Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency. The book opens wi
In Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry and his contributors show that criminal behavior is not a static human attribute, but
For the past twenty to thirty years, control theories of crime have been at the center of theoretical development in criminology. Key to the control theory pers
In Causes of Delinquency, Hirschi attempts to state and test a theory of delinquency, seeing in the delinquent a person relatively free of the intimate attachme