RT Article
T1 Causes of Crime. Uncovering a lay model
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 17
IS 4
SP 410
OP 419
A1 Campbell, Anne 1951-
A1 Muncer, Steven
LA English
YR 1990
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640354379
AB This exploratory study examines the independent variables identified by a group of noncriminologists as being responsible for crime and describes the perceived causal connections between them. Sociological causes are more frequently invoked than are psychological factors. Network analysis reveals an implicit model composed of distal, mediating, and proximal causes. Two subsystems are identified, corresponding to societal and personal crime pathways. They are united by the perceived relationship between poverty and drug use
K1 Kriminalitätsursache
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Laienurteil
K1 Alltagstheorien
DO 10.1177/0093854890017004002