Breaking Rules: The Social and Situational Dynamics of Young People's Urban Crime (Clarendon Studies in Criminology) - Softcover

Wikstrom, Per-Olof H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199687099 ISBN 13: 9780199687091

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Why do certain people commit acts of crime? Why does crime happen in certain places? Presenting an ambitious new study designed to test a pioneering new theory of the causes of crime, Breaking Rules: The Social and Situational Dynamics of Young People's Urban Crime demonstrates that these questions can only go so far in explaining why crime happens - and, therefore, in preventing it.

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Per-Olof H. Wikstrom, Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College,Dietrich Oberwittler, Senior Researcher / Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute,Kyle Treiber, Research Associate (PADS+),Beth Hardie, Research Manager (PADS+)

Professor Per-Olof H. Wikstrom is Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College. He is...

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Review

"They do not detract from the importance of Breaking Rules' major finding that the likelihood of crime increases with the convergence of crime-prone people in criminogenic environments. This finding has a number of implications for theorizing about, responding to, and preventing crime; it also makes Breaking Rules an important book for many audiences, including academics, policymakers, and others concerned with the origins of adolescent crime." -Bill McCarthy, University of...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199687099
• ISBN 13: 9780199687091
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 512