Crime and Its Social Context

• NCJ Number: 151243
• Author(s): T D Miethe; R F Meier
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 223 pages
• Sale Source: State University of New York Press
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. SUNY Series in Deviance and Social Control

Annotation

This volume is an attempt to integrate theories of offender motivation and theories of victimization into a single perspective on crime.

Abstract

Information in the book is presented in the following categories: (1) Introduction to the Study of Crime; (2) Theories of Criminality; (3) Theories of Victimization and Criminal Opportunities; (4) An Integrated Perspective; (5) Data Sources for Evaluating Criminological Theories; (6) The Empirical Distribution of Crime and Victimization; (7) Predicting Crime Rates; (8) Predicting Individuals' Risks of Victimization; (9) Crime and Context; and (10) Summary and Implications. Tables, figures, notes, bibliography, author index, subject index