Delinquent-Prone Communities (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521790949)

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.

Author: Don Weatherburn,Bronwyn Lind
ISBN-10: 0521790948
ISBN-13: 9780521790949
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2001
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d