Causes of delinquency / Travis Hirschi ; with a new introduction by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirschi, Travis.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency.

Physical Description:

xx, 309 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

I. Perspectives on Delinquency 3

II. A Control Theory of Delinquency 16

III. The Sample and the Data 35

IV. What is Delinquency? 47

V. The Social Distribution of Delinquency 65

VI. Attachment to Parents 83

VII. Attachment to the School 110

VIII. Attachment to Peers 135

IX. Commitment to Conventional Lines of Action 162

X. Involvement in Conventional Activities 187

XI. Belief 197

XII. A Look Back 225

A. Some Traditional Variables and Delinquency 235

B. A Note on Techniques of Analysis 245

C. Research Instruments 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-303) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

0765809001

OCLC:

47971396