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Companions in Crime: The Social Aspects of Criminal Conduct

Companions in Crime: The Social Aspects of Criminal Conduct

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Criminology

Criminology

ISBN10: 0521009162
ISBN13: 9780521009164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 18 2002
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.96
Language: English
The idea of peer influence as a cause of delinquency has been around since the 1930s, when Edwin Sutherland offered his theory of differential association. Although that theory and similar ones remain popular and have strong empirical support, more recent theories reject the idea completely. This book surveys the research literature on peer influence, reveals that most offenders are imbedded in a network of friends and accomplices, and describes numerous possible mechanisms of peer influence.

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