%0 Journal Article
%T Observations on the Study of Crime Causation
%J American journal of sociology
%D 1971
%A Don C. Gibbons, 
%V 77
%N 2
%P 262-278
%X Differential association theory, typological views, and other approaches to crime causation are noted. Situational and genetic-historical factors in lawbreaking are identified and contrasted. The major thesis of the essay calls for increased attention to situational pressures as they interact with other factors. A value-added orientation to crime causation is explored.<p />
%G 
%I University of Chicago Press
%@ 0002-9602
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/225100