Control Balance: Toward A General Theory Of Deviance

by Charles R Tittle

Overview

A major contribution to the field of crime/deviance, this volume by noted criminologist Charles R. Tittle puts forth an integrated theory of deviance—control balance. Its central premise is that the total amount of control people are subjected to, relative to the control they can exercise, will affect the probability and type of their deviant behav

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367315207
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Charles R. Tittle is professor of sociology at Washington State University at Pullman. He is the editor of Criminology, the journal of the American Society of Criminology, and the author of Society of Subordinates and Sanctions and Social Deviance.

Table of Contents

1 The Problem with Simple Theories — 2 Features of Adequate Theory — 3 Conventional Methods of Theory Building — 4 Theoretical Integration — 5 What Is to Be Explained — 6 The Concepts of Control Balance Theory — 7 The Causal Process of Control Balance Theory — 8 Contingencies for the Central Causal Process — 9 Compatibility of the Theory with Evidence — 10 Integration and Critique