Institutions, Anomie, and Violent Crime: Clarifying and Elaborating Institutional-Anomie Theory

A limited but accumulating body of research and theoretical commentary offers support for core claims of the “institutional-anomie theory” of crime (IAT) and points to areas needing further development. In this paper, which focuses on violent crime, we clarify the concept...

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Main Authors: Richard Rosenfeld, Helmut Thome, Steven F. Messner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bielefeld 2008-11-01
Series:International Journal of Conflict and Violence
Online Access:http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/35