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The Reckless Solution: Containment Theory

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This brief college paper attempts to explain the concept of containment theory and the idea that juvenile delinquency and eventual adult criminal behaviors are a result of internal and external insulators failing in that subject's life. Paper was written during a class in 'Introduction to Criminology' at Bellevue College.

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During his studies at the University of Chicago, Walter Cade Reckless joined forces with American sociologists Robert Park and Ernest Burgess and focused on observational studies of crime within the city of Chicago. As his studies continued he began to focus on the problem of juvenile delinquency and eventually, while he served as the professor of criminology at Ohio State University, concluded that delinquency may be a result of internal and external insulators failing.

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First published November 30, 2010

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C.L. Vaughn

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