1 option
Delinquent-prone communities / Don Weatherburn and Bronwyn Lind.
Van Pelt Library HV9230.A6 N489 2001
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weatherburn, Donald James.
- Series:
- Cambridge criminology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile delinquency--Australia--New South Wales.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Crime--Economic aspects.
- Crime.
- Juvenile delinquents--Family relationships--Australia--New South Wales.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- Juvenile delinquents--Family relationships.
- New South Wales.
- Community life.
- Physical Description:
- x, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- New model of delinquent-prone communities showing that disadvantage causes crime through disruption of parenting process.
- Contents:
- The ESIOM paradigm and its problems
- The insidious effects of economics and social stress on parenting
- Parenting, peers and delinquency
- Delinquency generation and the individual level
- Delinquency generation and the aggregate level
- An epidemic model of offender population growth
- Theories of crime and place
- Prevention.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521790948
- OCLC:
- 43751721
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.