This important difference in what theories are trying to explain has been downplayed in criminology, with potentially serious consequences. The failure to provide accurate, focused measures of the correct dependent variables may have produced empirical findings that are weaker than expected. This article...
Chapter 5 - Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories of Crime Both deterrence theory and other explanations falling within the larger rational choice paradigm assign a greater role to rational decision making on the p... SE Brown,FA Esbensen,G Geis - Elsevier Inc. 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 THE ...
Analyses also uncovered several new substantive findings on the topic. Findings are discussed in light of their relevance for practice as well as theories of inmate behavior. 展开 关键词: prison inmates rule infractions inmate misconduct DOI: 10.1177/0011128709335151 被引量: 40 年份: 2013 ...
Different Theories of Motivation IntroductionMotivationis a reason or set or reasons for engaging in a particular behavior‚ especially human behavior as studied in psychology and neuropsychology. The reasons may include basic needs (e.g.‚ food‚ water‚ shelter) or an object‚ goal...
A second issue lies in the contradictions inherent in explanatory theories on desistance that focus either on agents or, conversely, on the structures that provoke and support the process of change. An integrative theoretical framework on criminal desistance, influenced by the work of Margaret Archer...
Static Versus Dynamic Theories and the Perception of Groups: Different Routes to Different Destinations. Research on lay theories suggests that people who begin the task of social perception with different starting assumptions follow different cognitive paths ... Levy,Sheri,R.,... - 《Personality &...
This chapter analyzes the empirical studies regarding refugees’ decision processes, focusing on the main variables that affect them. By including a micro-model of migration adapted for the refugee movement, this chapter takes a nominalist approach, whic
The growth of scientific knowledge: Theories of deviance as a case study. In L. A. Coser (Ed.), The idea of social structure: Papers in honor of Robert K. Merton (pp. 175–220). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Google Scholar Cullen, F. T. (1984). Rethinking crime and ...
Emerging from the analysis is a view of offender groups, as defined by age-crime trajectories, that combines elements of typological and general theories of crime. Individuals in the sample, although widely dissimilar in their offending patterns, share common fundamental processes that influence their...
Finally, we argue that meta-analysis is an underutilized tool in discerning the relative empirical merits of criminological theories.doi:10.1111/j.1745-9125.2000.tb00911.xTRAVIS C. PRATTFRANCIS T. CULLEN... TC Pratt,FT Cullen - 《Criminology》 被引量: 1520发表: 2010年 Non-linear force-free ...