Theoretical criminology, 1992

This thesis examines the criminological frames of reference as extracted from the scholarly literature on crime causation. First, a cursory review of the theoretical criminological literature from Jan. 1, 1970 to Jan. 1, 1990 disclosed seven major crime causations: (1) Classical criminology (2) Positive School (3) Biological factors (4) Personality and psychological factors (5) Socio-economic factors (6) Sociological factors (7) Specific type of crime theory I then selected and analyzed representative theories, theorists, and research studies from each of these seven categories