Objective: This paper reviews a century of research on creating theoretically meaningful and
empirically useful scales of criminal offending and illustrates their strengths and …

Reviews prediction studies on delinquency in order to identify etiological variables. The
principal predictors of delinquency were the parents' family management and techniques …

At once a unique textbook for methods courses and a major contribution to sociological
theory, this book teaches students the principles of research and how to construct and test …

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 …

Addressing the complexity, flexibility, and controversies of qualitative research's many
genres, Designing Qualitative Research, Sixth Edition gives students, research managers …

David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to
plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and …

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H. Sutherland's diff erential association
theory with behavioral learning theory. It is a widely accepted and applied approaches to …

What do variables really tell us? When exactly do inventions occur? Why do we always miss
turning points as they transpire? When does what doesn't happen mean as much, if not …

This book provides a comprehensive account of the methods used in social surveys. All the
stages of a survey are covered, from the original planning to the drafting of the final report …

" Delinquency in a Birth Cohort is a turning point in criminological research in the United
States," writes Norval Morris in his foreword." What has been completely lacking until this …