RT Book
T1 Analytical criminology: integrating explanations of crime and deviant behavior
T2 Routledge advances in criminology
A1 Opp, Karl-Dieter 1937-
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1689346698
AB "There are more than twenty theories that explain crime. Each theory has weaknesses, and no scholar knows which theory is best. To remedy this unsatisfactory situation a new research program of comparative theory testing is proposed. Comparing the theories with each other has not yet been successful. The alternative, suggested in this book, is to show how criminological theories must be modified if they are compared with a general behavioral theory. The book shows for the major criminological theories under which conditions they provide valid explanations of crime. The latter thus become integrated as parts of the general theory. The general theory that is chosen is a version of the theory of rational action. This is not the problematic version discussed in the literature, but states the real conditions of decision making and, thus, explains when people actually violate the law or remain law-abiding. The general theory is a component of a theoretical approach that explains individual behavior in interaction with societal (macro) conditions. This micro-macro approach is summarized in a proposed structural-cognitive model. This is part of the new program of Analytical Criminology. It suggests empirical theory comparison, process explanations and micro-macro explanations. The book is not only written for readers who are interested in theories of crime and deviant behavior. It is also a treatise in "analytical" (i.e. rigorous) theory construction and empirical theory comparison"--
NO Enthält bibliographische Angaben und einen Index
CN HV6018
SN 9780367086664
K1 Criminology
K1 Deviant Behavior
K1 Kriminologie : Theorie : Rational Choice