Delinquency theories
Subtitle: appraisals and applications
By: by John P. Hoffmann
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780415781862; 9780415781879
Subjects: Juvenile delinquency
Description: Resource added for the Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement 105046 and Professional Studies 105045 programs.
Table of contents: title: Theory and delinquency; title: Deterrence and delinquency; title: Biological theories of delinquency; title: Psychological theories of delinquency; title: Communities and delinquency; title: Strain theories of delinquency; title: Learning to be delinquent; title: Control theories of delinquency; title: Labeling, symbolic interactionism, and delinquency; title: Conflict and radical theories of delinquency; title: Postmodern and feminist views of delinquency; title: Integrating and elaborating theories of delinquency; title: Developmental theories of delinquency and crime.