Historical Theories of Crime and Delinquency

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2168359
AutoresCharity Samantha Fitzgerald
Año2011
Volumen21
Número3
Páginas297-311
Fecha de publicación2011-04-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2011.564954
OpenAlexW2030081955
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas22

After an exploration of two underlying themes (the tendency among historians to explore crime in terms of punishment and the tension between determinism and indeterminism) that permeate the historical literature, this paper identifies and expounds on four constellations of historical theories that explain crime and delinquency: history of social science explanations, positivism, constructionism, and post-structuralism. Case illustrations detail the significance of social control and critical theories, both of the constructionist constellation, in a historical context. The conclusion touches on the difficult, yet necessary, task of integrating social environments and human behaviors in historical explanations of crime and delinquency

Construals · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Determinism · Deviance (statistics · Epistemology · Juvenile delinquency · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Structuralism (philosophy of science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · History