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Direct linkKeeling, Jenny A.; Rose, John L.; Beech, Anthony R. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: There have been limited theoretical developments with respect to sexual offending by people with intellectual disabilities [Lindsay (2005) Mental Retardation, Vol. 43, pp. 428-441], especially when compared with the development of theories for mainstream sexual offenders. This paper aims at examining a range of theories in their…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Mental Retardation, Social Theories, Etiology
Peer reviewedHirschi, Travis; Gottfredson, Michael – American Journal of Sociology, 1983
One of the few facts agreed on in criminology is that most crimes are committed by younger persons. However, the age distribution of criminals is sufficiently invariant across a broad range of social conditions that one cannot use age distribution as a foundation for theories of crime. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Age, Crime, Criminals, Prediction
