Social Class and Crime: A Biosocial Approach

by Anthony Walsh

Social class has been at the forefront of sociological theories of crime from their inception. It is explicitly central to some theories such as anomie/strain and conflict, and nips aggressively at the periphery of others such as social control theory. Yet none of these theories engage in a systematic exploration of what social class is, how individuals come to be placed in one rung of the class ladder rather than another, or the precise nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415883474
• ISBN13: 9780415883474
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"