Crime in the Making

Crime in the Making
Author: Robert J. Sampson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780674176058

Based on the re-analysis of Sheldon and Eleanor Gluecks' mid-century study of 500 delinquents and 500 non-delinquents from childhood to adulthood, this informal social control theory accepts the importance of childhood behaviour but rejects the idea that a.

Crime and Family

Crime and Family
Author: Joan McCord
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2007
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781592135585

Joan McCord (1930-2004) was one of the most famous, most-respected, and best-loved criminologists of her generation. A brilliant pioneer, Dr. McCord was best known for her work on the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, the first large-scale, longitudinal experimental study in the field of criminology. The study was among the first to demonstrate unintended harmful effects of a well-meaning prevention program. Dr. McCord's most important essays from this groundbreaking research project are among those included in this volume.McCord also co-wrote, edited, or co-edited twelve volumes and auth.