Quensel’s career model describes crime as a process that can evolve from a small insignificant offence to a serious criminal career due to the failed interaction between the individual and the environment (including judicial sanctioning). Main proponent Stephan Quensel Theory With his model, Quensel wants to combine the etiological and
criminology
Career model (Hess)
According to German sociologist Henner Hess, the emergence and consolidation of criminal behaviour can be explained by careers. The actor glides processually, pushed through the outside world and situation, but ultimately individually chosen, into a delinquent role. Main proponent Henner Hess Theory Hess’ basic assumption regarding crime theories is that
Criminology
What is criminology? Criminology derives from the Latin word ‘crimen’ (crime) and the Greek word ‘logos’ (doctrine). The “invention” of the term criminology (here: criminologia) is attributed to the Italian scholar Raffaele Garofalo, who published the book “Criminologia: Studio sul Delitto, Sulle sue Cause e sui Mezzi di Repressione” in
