Theories of delinquency : an examination of explanations of delinquent behavior /
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| Author / Creator: | Shoemaker, Donald J. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. |
| Description: | xxvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1121025 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- 3. Biological and Biosocial Explanations
- Historical Overview
- Generic Assumptions
- Somatotypes and Delinquency
- Inheritance and Delinquency
- Emerging Trends in Biological Explanations of Delinquency
- 4. Psychological Traits
- Historical Overview
- Generic Assumptiosn
- Intelligence and Delinquency
- The Psychiatric-Psychoanalytic Approach
- General Personality Characteristics
- 5. Social Disorganization and Anomie
- Historical Overview
- Generic Assumptions
- Social Disorganization
- Anomie and Delinquency: Discontinuities in Society
- 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
- 7. Interpersonal and Situational Explanations
- Historical Overview
- Generic Assumptions
- Differential Association
- Drift and Delinquency
- 8. Control Theories
- Historical Overview
- Generic Assumptions
- Personal Controls
- Social Controls--The Social Bond
- 9. Labeling Theory
- Historical Overview
- Generic Assumptions
- 10. The Radical Theory of Delinquency
- Historical Overview
- Beyond "Radical" Theory
- 11. Female Delinquency
- Historical Overview
- Basic Biological and Psychological Approaches
- Gender Roles and Delinquency
- Women's Emancipation
- Evaluation
- Power-Control Theory
- Feminist Explanations of Female Delinquency
- 12. Delinquency Theory: An Integrative Approach
- Integrated Theories: Some Considerations and a Proposed Model
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Chapters 2-11 end with a Summary