The Subculture of Violence: Towards an Integrated Theory in Criminology

by Marvin Eugene Wolfgang

Book Overview

A re-issue of the 1967 classic. Since the book was first published, the subculture of violence hypothesis has been widely accepted. The book is a forceful statement of the need to integrate social science knowledge across the artificial boundaries of scholarly disciplines. Literature from sociology, biology, psychiatry and law is drawn together to create a model of criminal behaviour that has proved to be of use to scientist and policy-maker alike...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803918089
• ISBN13: 9780803918085
• Release Date: March 1982
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.