Auteur: Per-Olof H. Wikstrom

Why do certain people commit acts of crime? Why does crime happen in certain places? Presenting an ambitious new study designed to test a pioneering new theory of the causes of crime, Breaking Rules: …

Why do certain people commit acts of crime? Why does crime happen in certain places? Presenting an ambitious new study designed to test a pioneering new theory of the causes of crime, Breaking Rules: …

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This book examines young people’s involvement in crime (including crimes of violence, vandalism, shoplifting, burglary and car crime) as both victims and offenders. Although adolescence is the time w …

This book examines young people’s involvement in crime (including crimes of violence, vandalism, shoplifting, burglary and car crime) as both victims and offenders. Although adolescence is the time w …

Crime is largely an urban phenomenon, but the specifically urban and area dimen- sions of the social processes that are connected with crime have been seriously understated in much recent criminologi …

At the outset of the twenty-first century, more than 9 million people are held in custody in over 200 countries around the world.–from the essay ‘Prisons and Jails’ by Ron King The first comparative …

Why do young people engage in acts of crime and what is it that drives their criminal careers? These are the key questions addressed in Character, Circumstances, and Criminal Careers which explores a …

Why do young people engage in acts of crime and what is it that drives their criminal careers? These are the key questions addressed in Character, Circumstances, and Criminal Careers which explores a …