The Invention and Development of the "Psychofamilial" Theory of Criminology: A Melding of Psychological and Family-Related Explanations for Why Individuals Commit Crimes
dc.contributor.author | Demar, Jessica Leah | |
dc.creator | Demar, Jessica Leah | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-08T20:58:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-08T20:58:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Demar, Jessica Leah. (2012). The Invention and Development of the "Psychofamilial" Theory of Criminology: A Melding of Psychological and Family-Related Explanations for Why Individuals Commit Crimes (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA). | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/271615 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper proposes an answer to the hypothesis: What causes individuals to commit crimes? This is a question that criminologists have sought the answer to for generations. I agreed with positivist crime theory that purports crime is not chosen per say but rather it is based on a deterministic model dependent on the cause-and-effect relationship between the individual and external factors in their surrounding world. Yet, I disagreed that certain theories within the positivist frame should be separated sociologically and individually. Inspired by experiences sentencing juvenile delinquents in Pima County, I proposed the unique and comprehensive Psychofamilial Theory that I concluded adequately reconciled the strengths and rectified the weaknesses, and conflicts between the sociological-familial crime theory and the individual-psychological crime theory. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
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dc.title | The Invention and Development of the "Psychofamilial" Theory of Criminology: A Melding of Psychological and Family-Related Explanations for Why Individuals Commit Crimes | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
dc.type | Electronic Thesis | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | bachelors | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Honors College | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Political Science | en_US |
thesis.degree.name | B.A. | en_US |
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refterms.dateFOA | 2018-06-16T17:16:50Z | |
html.description.abstract | This paper proposes an answer to the hypothesis: What causes individuals to commit crimes? This is a question that criminologists have sought the answer to for generations. I agreed with positivist crime theory that purports crime is not chosen per say but rather it is based on a deterministic model dependent on the cause-and-effect relationship between the individual and external factors in their surrounding world. Yet, I disagreed that certain theories within the positivist frame should be separated sociologically and individually. Inspired by experiences sentencing juvenile delinquents in Pima County, I proposed the unique and comprehensive Psychofamilial Theory that I concluded adequately reconciled the strengths and rectified the weaknesses, and conflicts between the sociological-familial crime theory and the individual-psychological crime theory. |