Companions in Crime The Social Aspects of Criminal Conduct

Name: Companions in Crime The Social Aspects of Criminal Conduct
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ISBN: 9780521009164

ISBN-10: 0521009162

ISBN-13: 9780521009164

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mark Warr, Alfred Blumstein, David Farrington

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Companions in Crime organises the extensive literature on peer influence and group delinquency into a coherent form. Its principal thesis is that deviant behaviour is predominantly social behaviour.

Book details

List price: $33.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.98" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.594



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction


Preliminary Issues



Peers in the Life Course


Peers in the Life Course


Cross-cultural Variation in Peer Interaction


Historical and Structural Variation


Social Structure


Industrial Societies


Changing Peer Relations


Peers as Agents of Socialization


Peer Group Formation


Parents versus Peers



The Group Character of Crime and Delinquency


Delinquency as Group Behavior


Features of Delinquent Groups


Other Features of Delinquent Groups


Do Groups Matter?



Peers and Delinquent Conduct


Fear of Ridicule


Loyalty


Status


Ridicule, Loyalty, and Status


Crime as Collective Behavior


Anonymity


Diffusion of Responsibility


Delinquency as "Rowdy" Behavior


The Group as Moral Universe


Mechanisms of Consensus


Sutherland's Theory of Differential Association


Evaluating the Theory


Social Learning Theory


Cross-Sex Peer Influence


Groups, Drugs, and Delinquency


Boredom


Groups as Protection


Co-offenders and Opportunity


The Virtual Peer Group


Summary



Applying Peer Explanations of Delinquency


Age and Crime


Peers and the Life Course


Age, Peers, and Identity


Parents, Peers, and Delinquency


The Contest between Parents and Peers


Gender and Delinquency


Summary



Conclusion


Peers and Public Policy


Pending Questions


Old Friends


Age and Co-offending


Heterogeneity of Motivation in Groups


Structural Variation in Peer Associations


Inferring Peer Influence


Qualifications and Clarifications


Final Comments


Suggested Readings


References


Index