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Companions in Crime: The Social Aspects of Criminal Conduct » (1st Edition)

Authors: Mark Warr, David P. Farrington (Editor), Alfred Blumstein
ISBN-13: 9780521009164, ISBN-10: 0521009162
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

The principal thesis of Companions in Crime is that deviant behavior is predominantly social behavior.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
	Preliminary Issues	4
2	Peers in the Life Course	11
	Peers in the Life Course	12
	Cross-cultural Variation in Peer Interaction	14
	Historical and Structural Variation	16
	Changing Peer Relations	20
	Peers as Agents of Socialization	22
	Peer Group Formation	26
	Parents versus Peers	28
3	The Group Character of Crime and Delinquency	31
	Delinquency as Group Behavior	31
	Features of Delinquent Groups	34
	Do Groups Matter?	39
4	Peers and Delinquent Conduct	45
	Fear of Ridicule	46
	Loyalty	49
	Status	51
	Ridicule, Loyalty, and Status	55
	Crime as Collective Behavior	58
	The Group as Moral Universe	65
	Mechanisms of Consensus	70
	Sutherland's Theory of Differential Association	73
	Social Learning Theory	77
	Cross-Sex Peer Influence	79
	Groups, Drugs, and Delinquency	80
	Boredom	82
	Groups as Protection	83
	Co-offenders and Opportunity	84
	The Virtual Peer Group	86
	Summary	88
5	Applying Peer Explanations of Delinquency	91
	Age and Crime	91
	Peers and the Life Course	99
	Parents, Peers, and Delinquency	108
	Gender and Delinquency	114
	Summary	117
6	Conclusion	119
	Peers and Public Policy	124
	Pending Questions	127
	Qualifications and Clarifications	136
	Final Comments	139
	Suggested Readings	141
	References	151
	Index	169