While there is considerable evidence that blacks experience school in qualitatively distinct
ways from whites, there has been a general failure to examine racial variation in the impact …

The publication of Travis Hirschi's Causes of Delinquency in 1969 was a watershed moment
in criminology. There are many reasons for the work's lasting influence. Hirschi carefully …

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H. Sutherland's diff erential association
theory with behavioral learning theory. It is a widely accepted and applied approaches to …

In Criminological Theories, the noted criminologist Ronald Akers provides thorough
description, discussion, and appraisal of the leading theories of crime/delinquent behavior …

Contemporary theories of delinquency are seen as limited in three respects: they tend to rely
on unidirectional causal structures that represent delinquency in a static rather than dynamic …

Three theoretical models of the interrelations among associations with delinquent peers,
delinquent beliefs, and delinquent behavior are examined. The socialization model views …

In the 20th century, childhood and adolescence came to be increasingly regarded as special
periods of development in which children were provided extra support to learn and develop …

Sociology In Our Times Page 1 Sociology In Our Times Diana Elizabeth Kendall ISBN
9781305094154 - Sociology in Our Times : The Essentials . Sociology in Our Times: The …

Multisystemic therapy (MST) delivered through a community mental health center was
compared with usual services delivered by a Department of Youth Services in the treatment …

Like its predecessors, this Fifth Edition of The Practice of Research in Criminology and
Criminal Justice (by Ronet Bachman and Russell K. Schutt) provides complete coverage of …