theory of socialization presented here. The findings will be compared. THEORY OF EXTERNAL RESTRAINT Henry and Short are interested in suicide and homicide as acts of aggression which originate in frustration. They theorize that degree of external restraint distinguishes individuals who choose to commit one rather than the other. An individual ...

RICHARD MORAN is an NDEA fellow at Northwestern University, where he currently is teaching a course in criminology and social deviance. He holds a Master's degree from Northwestern, and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts.

Research on lethal violence suggests that economic stress is associated with high rates of homicide, while economic well-being is correlated with relatively high suicide rates.

2006年3月7日 · In 1957 Sykes and Matza introduced Neutralization Theory as a response to the prevailing criminological wisdom that offenders engage in crime because they adhere to an oppositional subcultural ...

The External Restraint Theory maintains that “when one experiences “strong external restraint” they are more likely to choose “other-directed aggression” (homicide) whereas when one experiences intense frustration they are likely to choose “self-directed aggression” which is suicides, which is “weak restraint” (Thio et al ...

Containment theory, which holds that delinquency stems from an absence of the inner and outer controls that produce normative behavior, appears to fit the profile of the middle-range of delinquency cases better than any other theory of delinquency.

These hypotheses are tested, employing an index of preference for suicide or homicide, the Suicide-Murder Ratio (SMR). Consideration of the socialization process as it is related to the American class structure resolves some issues raised by Henry and Short's theory of external restraint and effectively predicts the findings.

These features include comprehensive coverage, lively writing, real-life vignettes, student-oriented illustrations, and critical analy-ses of theories and data. Also unique to this text are the sections on social profile and global perspective in all the chapters on specific forms of deviant behavior.

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