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An indispensable international resource, The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory provides readers with a clear overview of criminological theory, enabling them to reflect critically upon the traditional, emergent and desirable theoretical positions of the discipline.This handbook is essential for libraries and scholars of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.
Control Theories
Control Theories
Introduction
As discussed in the last chapter of this volume, strain theories in criminology generally attempt to answer the question, “If human beings are adequately socialized and under normal circumstances they will comply with norms and laws, why do they sometimes commit crimes?” At the individual level, the answer to this question is that people commit crimes because they feel strain or experience some stressful or unpleasant experience which in turn motivates them to break the rules that they would normally comply with. Thus, strain theories begin with the ...
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