Beschreibung:
Per-Olof H. Wikstrom is Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Robert J. Sampson is Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
An analysis of the roles of behavioural contexts and individual differences in crime causation.
Introduction: Toward a unified approach to crime and its explanation Per-Olof H. Wikström and Robert J. Sampson; 1. A systematic perspective on crime Mario Bunge; 2. How does community context matter? Social mechanisms and the explanation of crime rates Robert J. Sampson; 3. Individuals, settings and acts of crime: situational mechanisms and the explanation of crime Per-Olof H. Wikström; 4. Evidence from behavioral genetics for environmental contributions to antisocial conduct Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi; 5. A three-dimensional, cumulative developmental model of serious delinquency Rolf Loeber, N. Wim Slot and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber; 6. Self-control and social control of deviant behavior in context: development and interactions along the life course Marc LeBlanc; 7. Desistance, social bonds and human agency: a theoretical explanation Anthony Bottoms; Index.