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Delinquent-Prone Communities

Delinquent-Prone Communities

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Criminology

CriminologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0521026970
ISBN13: 9780521026970
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 2 2006
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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