Delinquent-prone communities / Don Weatherburn and Bronwyn Lind.
Delinquent-prone communities / Don Weatherburn and Bronwyn Lind.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y., USA : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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364.36/4
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English
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Physical content
x, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The ESIOM paradigm and its problems -- 2. The insidious effect of economic and social stress on parenting -- 3. Parenting, peers and delinquency -- 4. Delinquency generation at the individual level -- 5. Delinquency generation at the aggregate level -- 6. An epidemic model of offender population...
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y., USA : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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"Despite a century of effort, criminologists do not yet fully understand the relationship between disadvantage and crime. The balance of evidence suggests that economic and social stress increase the risk of involvement in crime by increasing the motivation to offend. But there are a number of empirical anomalies that cannot easily be reconciled wi...
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Delinquent-prone communities / Don Weatherburn and Bronwyn Lind.
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Cambridge criminology series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-206) and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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364.36/4
Record Identifier
74VvAxbLB86X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvAxbLB86X
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ISBN
0521790948
9780521790949
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364.3609944
364.253
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991013713469702626
