Thomas J. Bernard
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LOCATION: University Park, PA, United States
Professor, Criminal Justice and Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Co-author of Theoretical Criminology and others.
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Walter Reckless American criminologist known for his containment theory of criminology, which stated that juvenile delinquency commonly arises from a breakdown in moral and social forces that otherwise “contain” deviant behaviour. Reckless studied sociology at the University of Chicago (Ph.D.,…
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