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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Per-Olof H. Wikström (, Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College) , Dietrich Oberwittler (, Senior Researcher / Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute) , Kyle Treiber (, Research Associate (PADS+)) , Beth Hardie (, Research Manager (PADS+))Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.744kg ISBN: 9780199592845ISBN 10: 0199592845 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 24 May 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPART 1 - Analysing crime as situational action: Theory, methods, key constructs, and basic findings 1: Situational Action Theory (SAT) 2: The Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+) 3: Young people's crime, crime propensity, and criminogenic exposure: Key constructs and basic findings PART 2 - The social dynamics of young people's urban crime 4: Peterborough, its urban structure, and crime 5: Young offenders and their crimes in the urban environment 6: Young people, their activities, and criminogenic exposure PART 3 - The situational dynamics of young people's crime 7: The crime convergence: Kinds of people in kinds of settings 8: Choosing crime as an alternative: Crime propensity, the perception-choice process, and crime PART 4 - It's all about interactions 9: Key findings and implications Appendices Technical appendix Space-time budget coding appendixReviewsBreaking Rules is among the most significant works in criminology in decades. It sets the standard for sophisticated and innovative measurement, for careful and well - executed research design, and for clarity and precision of presentation. It both presents and explicates an innovative theory of crime, one that is broad in scope and appropriately ambitious. The data and their analyses are of vital importance to cumulative knowledge in criminology. With this book, Situational Action Theory takes its place as among the most important perspectives in modern criminology and the study provides data of unprecedented scope and quality.Breaking Rules represents the best tradition of the science of criminology and as such it commands the attention of the field. Professor Michael R. Gottfredson, University of California Breaking Rules is a truly impressive book that combines all of the features of first-rate scholarship in the social sciences. The theorizing, in the form of Situational Action Theory (SAT), is creative. The methodological procedures are carefully crafted and skillfully executed to serve the theoretical objectives of the research. Moreover, the extensive and rich analyses of the data from the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+) yield compelling insights about who commits crimes, when, where, and - most importantly - why. Professor Steven F. Messner, University at Albany Criminology has produced a staggering amount of data and findings. Correlates of crime are everywhere but theoretical interpretation of their meaning is fraught with disagreement, Wikstrom and colleagues cut through the fog with a compelling new theory and multi-faceted longitudinal study of adolescents that lays bare the fundamental importance of situational dynamics and their interaction with both person-level characteristics and the larger social environment of the city. The theoretical emphasis on situation and individual action in context is original and the empirical analysis is carefully constructed to assess major hypotheses. Breaking Rules is a breakthrough that deserves a wide readership. Professor Robert J. Sampson, Harvard University Author InformationProfessor Per-Olof H. Wikström is Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College. He is the director of the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+).; Dr Dietrich Oberwittler has been working with Principal Investigator Per-Olof Wikström since 2004 when he worked for the SCoPiC Network as a Marie Curie fellow until 2006. His particular expertise revolve around spatial analysis and the neighbourhood dimension of crime.; Dr Kyle Treiber is a Research Associate and occasional lecturer who works particularly with the neurocognitive and biopsychological dimensions of the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+). ; Beth Hardie is the Research Manager for the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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