Chesney-Lind And Shelden Summary

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In a book she wrote with Randall G. Shelden, Chesney-Lind and Shelden (2004) review the leading theories of criminology – basically the same theories presented in chapters six through nine in this book –and find them all wanting in terms of explaining the delinquency of girls. Chesney-Lind and Shelden state that virtually every sociological theory of delinquency causation was formulated by “ using the data on the delinquency of boys” (Chesney-Lind and Shelden, 2004, p. 106). Just one of several examples in their book has to do with control theory. They point out that Hirschi tested his control theory by doing a self-report survey of about 4,000 junior and senior high school boys. As these authors note, it is ironic that research concludes

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