| Delinquent-Prone Communities Revised Edition Contributor(s): Weatherburn, Don (Author), Lind, Bronwyn (Author), Weatherburn, Donald James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521026970 ISBN-13: 9780521026970 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: This book challenges the conventional view that disadvantage causes crime because it motivates people to offend. It argues that disadvantage causes crime because it disrupts the parenting process. The theory put forward in the book maintains that it takes a long time for disadvantage to increase the level of crime in a neighborhood. However, once the level of economic and social stress in a neighborhood reaches a critical level, it can set off an epidemic of juvenile offending. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 364.360 |
| LCCN: 2007274712 |
| Lexile Measure: 1570 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lind, Bronwyn: - Bronwyn Lind is Deputy Director of the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Australia.Weatherburn, Don: - Don Waetherburn is Director of the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Australia. |