This remarkable guide to delinquency studies was co-winner of the 1968 C. Wright Mills
Award for the best book in the field of social problems. The work is in effect three books in …

The text aims to provide undergraduate and graduate students with an overview of crime
and delinquency theories and is intended as either a primary text or as a supplement to …

Abstract THE EMPHASIS IN THIS BOOK, HOWEVER, IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY ON THE
PROBLEMS OF EXPLAINING WHAT STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF CRIME AND …

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 attachments, the aspirations, and the …

Longitudinal research involves study, over time, of a group of people, or of samples from the
same population, using records, interviews, or both. Studies which extend over a long …

Abstract THE MATERIAL IS ORGANIZED INTO SEPARATE SECTIONS WITH BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS TO EACH BY THE EDITORS WHO ARE THEMSELVES WELL KNOWN …

Criminological research and theory generally proceed with the orientation, if not the
assumption, that delinquency is the result of some series of events common to all …

DISCUSSION OF CRIME CAUSATION AND PREDICTION OF DELINQUENCY AND MAJOR
RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM SEVERAL OF THE AUTHOR'S STUDIES IN JUVENILE …

Examining the different ways in which data can be collected and analyzed for research on
crime and criminal justice, this book deals with social surveys, experimental methods, official …

Abstract THE READINGS ARE ORGANIZED INTO FOUR SECTIONS. THE FIRST PART
DEALS WITH EXPLANATIONS FOR CRIME AND DELINQUENCY. MANY OF THE …