RT Article
T1 A critique of Mark Colvin's, crime and coercion: an integrated theory of chronic criminality
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 38
IS 4
SP 389
OP 398
A1 Daktari Alexander, A.
A1 Bernard, Thomas J. 1945-
A2 Bernard, Thomas J. 1945-
LA English
YR 2002
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882866843
AB Colvin (2000) argues that thepropensity for chronic criminal behaviorresults from developmental andsocialization processes that ultimatelyoriginate in the application of erraticcoercive control. He further argues thatthis process operates at multiple levels(i.e., individual, group, andorganizational). In addition, he arguesthat the relationship between the types ofcontrol and criminal behavior is mediatedthrough intergenerational and developmentaleffects, suggesting that the control typethat has the greatest effect on behavior isone that will be passed on to the nextindividual, group, or organization.In this paper, we critique the theoryproposed by Colvin. First, we summarizethe theory. Second, we categorize it interms of its relationship to other types ofcriminology theories. Third, we criticizeit for failing to sufficiently specify itsempirical assertions in order to facilitateempirical testing, and we suggest sixhypotheses that we think capture at least asmall portion of the theory itself.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 397-398
K1 Chronic Criminality
K1 Criminal Behavior
K1 Integrate Theory
K1 International Relation
K1 Multiple Level
DO 10.1023/A:1021171925227