Theoretical integration in the study of deviance and crime :  problems and prospects / 
edited by Steven F. Messner, Marvin D. Krohn, Allen E. Liska 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  ©1989 
 - ix, 342 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
 - SUNY series in critical issues in criminal justice SUNY series in deviance and social control .
 - SUNY series in critical issues in criminal justice SUNY series in deviance and social control .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-338) and index 
<br/><br/>A social behaviorist's perspective on integration of theories of crime and deviance / Ronald L. Akers -- Exploring alternatives to integrated theory / Travis Hirschi -- Reflections on the advantages and disadvantages of theoretical integration / Terence P. Thornberry -- A theory of mental illness : an attempted integration of biological, psychological and social variables / Walter R. Gove and Michael Hughes -- Cognitive consistency in deviance causation : a psychological elaboration of an integrated systems model / Ronald A. Farrell -- Theory integration versus model building / Margaret Farnworth -- Political decisionmaking and ecological models of delinquency : conflict and consensus / Robert J. Bursik, Jr. -- Towards an integrated theory of criminal behavior / Charles F. Wellford -- The discipline as data : resolving the theoretical crisis in criminology / Victoria L. Swigert A theoretical approach to integration / Thomas J. Bernard -- Prospects for synthetic theory : a consideration of macro-level criminological activity / Charles R. Tittle -- Three perennial issues in the sociology of deviance / Jack P. Gibbs -- Deviance and differentiation / Robert F. Meier -- Micro- and macro-structures of delinquency causation and a power-control theory of gender and delinquency / John Hagan -- Strategies for cross-level theorizing : comments on the Meier and Hagan papers / Craig B. Little -- Exploring integration of theoretical levels of explanation : notes on gang delinquency / James F. Short, Jr. -- Confronting control theory's negative cases / Peggy C. Giordano -- The challenge and promise of theoretical integration in criminology / Roland Chilton 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>079140000X 9780791400005 0791400018 9780791400012 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88022441 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deviant behavior--Congresses<br/>Criminal behavior--Congresses<br/>Criminology--Methodology<br/>Deviant behavior--Congresses<br/>Criminal behavior--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Congress<br/>Conference papers and proceedings.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM291  / .T38 1989 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.542