Originating in the tradition of classical sociology (Durkheim, Merton), anomie theory posits
how broad social conditions influence deviant behavior and crime. The French sociologist …

Public-sector corruption siphons trillions of dollars from the global economy and contributes
to social instability. Institutional Anomie Theory, with its focus on the links between social …

This article addresses the gap in the literature by empirically assessing a cross-national
comparison of institutional anomie theory (IAT) and self-reported cyberoffending. We used …

Objectives We aim to encourage scholars who conduct cross-national criminological studies
to routinely assess measurement invariance (MI), that is, verify if multi-item instruments that …

The goal of this study was to examine region-specific structural covariates of homicide rates
in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). LAC nations possess 8% of the global …

Crime rates in Turkey have surged dramatically, contrasting with the crime drop observed in
Western countries. Despite this upsurge, there has been a lack of criminological analysis on …

Purpose: Modernization theory suggests that economic development is temporarily
disruptive to social life and can lead to crimes of violence such as homicide. However, few …

This paper examines why violent crimes involving youth continue to be a top concern for law
enforcement officials in North Carolina. With a spike in juvenile crime, the research problem …

Since the decline of mental health service funding and availability, the relationship between
untreated (or improperly treated) serious mental illness and violent crime is increasingly …

Der aus dem Griechischen entlehnte Begriff (a-nomos) bezeichnet wörtlich den Gegensatz
oder die Abwesenheit von Gesetz und Ordnung und wurde von Emile Durkheim (1858 …