Delinquent-Prone Communities - Weatherburn, Don (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Overview; CHAPTER ONE The ESIOM paradigm and its problems; CHAPTER TWO The insidious effects of economic and social stress on parenting; CHAPTER THREE Parenting, peers and delinquency; CHAPTER FOUR Delinquency generation at the individual level; CHAPTER FIVE Delinquency generation at the aggregate level; CHAPTER SIX An epidemic model of offender population growth; CHAPTER SEVEN Theories of crime and place; CHAPTER EIGHT Prevention; Notes; References; Index
Despite a century of effort, criminologists do not yet fully understand the relationship between disadvantage and crime. This book challenges the conventional view that disadvantage causes crime because it motivates people to offend, and argues instead that disadvantage causes crime because it disrupts the parenting process
Includes bibliographical references and index