Publisher's Synopsis
A re-issue of the 1967 classic. Since the book was first published, the subculture of violence hypothesis has been widely accepted. The book is a forceful statement of the need to integrate social science knowledge across the artificial boundaries of scholarly disciplines. Literature from sociology, biology, psychiatry and law is drawn together to create a model of criminal behaviour that has proved to be of use to scientist and policy-maker alike. `The work provides a comprehensive survey and analytical discussion of studies concerned with aggression, violence, and homicide.′ -- Adolescence `Since the first edition in 1967 this book has become a classic in the criminological literature and has been translated in several languages.′ -- L′Offioer de Police, No 9, 1984.
