Delinquency Theories : Appraisals and applications

ISBN-13: 9780415781862 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 320 str.

John P. Hoffmann

Opis

This text provides an overview of theories of juvenile delinquency. Each chapter describes a particular theory by telling the tale of a delinquent youth and thoroughly reviewing the theories and research designed to explain the youth's delinquent behaviour.

O autorze

John P. Hoffmann is Professor of Sociology at Brigham Young University. His research interests include the etiology of juvenile delinquency and drug use over the life course. His research has appeared in Criminology, The Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and other journals.