The Invention and Development of the "Psychofamilial" Theory of Criminology: A Melding of Psychological and Family-Related Explanations for Why Individuals Commit Crimes

This paper proposes an answer to the hypothesis: What causes individuals to commit crimes? This is a question that criminologists have sought the answer to for generations. I agreed with positivist crime theory that purports crime is not chosen per say but rather it is based on a deterministic model...

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Main Author: Demar, Jessica Leah
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/271615