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Criminology is in a period of much theoretical ferment. Older theories have been revitalized, and newer theories have been set forth. The very richness of our t

Social learning theory has been called the dominant theory of crime and delinquency in the United States, yet it is often misrepresented. This latest volume in

Developmental and life-course criminology aims to provide information about how offending and antisocial behavior develops, about risk and protective factors at

For the past twenty to thirty years, control theories of crime have been at the center of theoretical development in criminology. Key to the control theory pers

In Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry and his contributors show that criminal behavior is not a static human attribute, but