The Growth of Criminological Theories

摘要: In the last 50 years, an extensive array of theories has appeared within field criminology, many generated by discipline sociology. With so many different, competing models and perspectives surfacing, it is often difficult to determine if theory growth actually occurring in criminology, or if contemporary theories are merely recycled theoretical models. The question an important one resolve because it is truly a progressive form social science, ought to be producing that evolving and improving, contributing accumulation of knowledge. In order assess degree theory accumulation in existing model growth proposed David G. Wagner was applied several different trajectories area sociologically based criminology. findings of this research demonstrate potential usefulness of the understanding and development