Control Balance
Toward A General Theory Of Deviance
1st Edition
Published on 28. August 2019
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-367-31520-7 (ISBN)
Description
A major contribution to the field of crime/deviance, this volume by noted criminologist Charles R. Tittle puts forth an integrated theory of deviance?control balance. Its central premise is that the total amount of control people are subjected to, relative to the control they can exercise, will affect the probability and type of their deviant behav
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
636 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-31520-7 (9780367315207)
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Person
Charles R. Tittle is professor of sociology at Washington State University at Pullman. He is the editor of Criminology, the journal of the American Society of Criminology, and the author of Society of Subordinates and Sanctions and Social Deviance.
Content
1 The Problem with Simple Theories -- 2 Features of Adequate Theory -- 3 Conventional Methods of Theory Building -- 4 Theoretical Integration -- 5 What Is to Be Explained -- 6 The Concepts of Control Balance Theory -- 7 The Causal Process of Control Balance Theory -- 8 Contingencies for the Central Causal Process -- 9 Compatibility of the Theory with Evidence -- 10 Integration and Critique