Delinquency, Crime and Differential Association

ISBN-13: 9789401183369 / Angielski / Miękka / 1964 / 172 str.

Donald Ray Cressey; Donald Ray Cressey

Opis

The book is intended primarily for non-American readers, who on the whole are not as familiar with Sutherland's theory (or with other sociological and social psychological theories about delinquency, crime and corrections) as are Americans.

Spis treści

I An Introduction to the Theory of Differential Association.- I. A Statement of the Theory.- II. Some Obstacles to Generalizing in Criminology.- III. Some Facts a Theory Must Fit.- IV. Differential Association, Differential Social Organization, and the Epidemiology of Crime.- II Some Criticisms of the Theory.- V. Some Popular Criticism of Differential Association.- VI. Differential Association and Compulsive Crimes.- VII. Differential Association and Trust Violation.- III Use of the Theory in Corrections.- VIII. Differential Association and Correctional Group Therapy.- IX. Differential Association and Rehabilitation.