Aspects of Delinquency
Introduced by LAURIE TAYLOR
Professor of Sociology, University of York
3: Of Course There's a Cause ... 'Some forms of delinquency strike us as pointless and irrational. There's something we can't understand about them. And that's why we search for causes ... Criminologists have begun to throw doubt on the whole idea of searching for new factors. They've begun to realise that traditional delinquency factors don't operate just like push-buttons ...'
Producer GORDON CROTON