Reconciling Structural and Subjective Approaches to the Study of Crime

• NCJ Number: 126908
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 27 Issue: 4 Dated: (November 1990) Pages: 348-375
• Author(s): W B Groves; M J Lynch
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 18 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article attempts to reconcile structural and subjective approaches to the study of crime.

Abstract

Materials supporting reconciliation include (a) a review of the broader traditions from which structuralism and subjectivism emerged, (b) an assessment of the strength and limitations of structuralism and subjectivism, (c) arguments supporting the desirability of a combined structural/subjective approach, and (d) an analysis of structuralism and subjectivism as they appear in the 1988 book by Jack Katz, titled Seductions of Crime. 15 notes and 127 references (Author abstract)