Why Do Criminals Offend? A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency

Name: Why Do Criminals Offend? A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency
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ISBN: 9781931719346

ISBN-10: 1931719349

ISBN-13: 9781931719346

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robert Agnew

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Focuses on this frequently asked question about crime: Why do criminals offend? This book draws on a range of crime theories and research to present a general theory of crime and delinquency. It integrates the essential arguments from social learning, control and support; self-control; strain; labeling; bio-psychological; and other theories.

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Roxbury Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 246
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Robert Agnew is Professor of Sociology at Emory University and a fellow of the American Society of Criminology. He is author of Pressured Into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory (OUP, 2006) and Why Do They Do It? A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency (OUP, 2005) and coeditor, with Francis T. Cullen, of Criminological Theory: Past to Present (OUP, 2005).