Theories of delinquency

Date Submitted: 08/07/2001 22:31:47
Category: / Social Sciences
Length: 10 pages (2646 words)
Environmental factors that affect offenders and victims include the physical, social, family, community, economic, cultural and political environments in which individuals live. Impoverished physical, social and family environments have long been considered to be primary determinants of the development of criminal behaviour. Living in poverty, isolation from social support and being raised in a violent family are examples of these types of environmental risk factors. A lack of community cohesion in one's neighbourhood, poor economic …
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