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2. The Nature of Crime

  • Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi
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A General Theory of Crime
This chapter is in the book A General Theory of Crime
© 2022 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

© 2022 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. Tables and Figures x
  5. Preface xiii
  6. I. CRIME
  7. 1. Classical Theory and the Idea of Crime 3
  8. 2. The Nature of Crime 15
  9. II. CRIMINALITY
  10. 3. Biological Positivism 47
  11. 4. Psychological, Economic, and Sociological Positivism 64
  12. 5. The Nature of Criminality: Low Self-Control 85
  13. III. APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY
  14. 6. Criminal Events and Individual Propensities: Age, Gender, and Race 123
  15. 7. The Social Consequences of Low Self-Control 154
  16. 8. Culture and Crime 169
  17. 9. White-Collar Crime 180
  18. 10. Organization and Crime 202
  19. IV. RESEARCH AND POLICY
  20. 11. Research Design and Measurement 217
  21. 12. Implications for Public Policy 255
  22. References Cited 277
  23. Index 293
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621794-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. Tables and Figures x
  5. Preface xiii
  6. I. CRIME
  7. 1. Classical Theory and the Idea of Crime 3
  8. 2. The Nature of Crime 15
  9. II. CRIMINALITY
  10. 3. Biological Positivism 47
  11. 4. Psychological, Economic, and Sociological Positivism 64
  12. 5. The Nature of Criminality: Low Self-Control 85
  13. III. APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY
  14. 6. Criminal Events and Individual Propensities: Age, Gender, and Race 123
  15. 7. The Social Consequences of Low Self-Control 154
  16. 8. Culture and Crime 169
  17. 9. White-Collar Crime 180
  18. 10. Organization and Crime 202
  19. IV. RESEARCH AND POLICY
  20. 11. Research Design and Measurement 217
  21. 12. Implications for Public Policy 255
  22. References Cited 277
  23. Index 293
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