authors:- Tibbetts, Stephen G
- Hemmens, Craig.
subjects:publishers:ISBN:- 1412950376 (pbk.) :
- 9781412950374 (pbk.) :
description:notes:- Includes both collection of key articles on criminological theory that have previously appeared in a number of leading criminology/criminal justice scholarly journals, along with authored textual material that serves to explain and synthesize the readings.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- INTRODUCTION: An Overview of Issues in Criminological Theory How to Read a Research Article The Use and Usefulness of Criminology, 1751-2005: Enlightened Justice and its Failures, Sherman SECTION I: Pre-Classical and Classical Theories of Crime The Social Contract, Rousseau On Crimes and Punishments, Beccaria Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Bentham SECTION II: Modern Applications of the Classical Perspective: Deterrence, Rational Choice, Routine Activities, and Lifestyle Theories of Crime Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Examining the Effect of Executions on Murder in Texas, Sorenson et al Specifying the Direct and Indirect Effects of Low Self Control and Situational Factors in Decision Making, Piquero & Tibbetts Hot Spots of Predatory Crime: Routine Activities and the Criminology of Place, Sherman et al The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools, and Malls on the Spatial Distribution of Property Damage, LaGrange Specifying the Influence of Family and Peers on Violent Victimization, Schreck & Fisher SECTION III: Early Positive School Perspectives of Criminality The Murderous Dutch Fiddler, Rafter Criminal Man (L'uomo delinquente), Lombroso (trans. Gibson & Rafter) The Contribution of Family Adversity and Verbal IQ to Criminal Behavior, Gibson et al SECTION IV: Modern Biosocial Perspectives of Criminal Behavior A Meta Analysis of the Gene Crime Relationship, Walters A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality, Ellis Neuroimaging Studies of Aggressive and Violent Behavior, Bufkin & Luttrell A Life-Course Analysis of the Criminogenic Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy, McGloin et al SECTION V: Early Social Structure and Strain Theories of Crime Social Structure and Anomie, Merton There's a Darkness on the Edge of Town, Hemmens Crime and the American Dream, Messner & Rosenfeld Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory, Agnew SECTION VI: The Chicago School and Cultural/Subcultural Theories of Crime Delinquency Rates and Community Characteristics, Shaw & McKay Replicating Sampson and Grove's Test of Social Disorganization Theory, Lowenkamp et al The Subculture of Violence, Wolfgang & Ferracutti The Code of the Streets, Anderson SECTION VII: Social Process/Learning Theories of Crime A Theory of Crime: Differential Association, Sutherland A Social Learning Theory of Crime, Akers Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency, Sykes & Matza Examining the Role of Differential Association and Techniques of Neutralization in Explaining Corporate Crime, Piquero et al Scared Kids, Unattached Kids, Or Peer Pressure: Why do Students Carry Firearms to School? May Self Control and Social Bonds, Longshore et al SECTION VIII: Social Reaction, Critical, and Feminist Models of Crime Informal Reactions and Delinquency, Zhang Marx, Engels, and Bonger on Crime and Social Control, Taylor et al Policing the Ghetto Underclass, Chambliss Feminism and Criminology, Daly & Chesney-Lind Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime, Burgess-Proctor SECTION IX: Life-Course Perspective of Criminality The Influence of Gender, Low Birth Weight, and Disadvantaged Environment in Predicting Early Onset of Offending, Tibbetts & Piquero Criminal Career Paradigm, Piquero et al SECTION X: Integrated Theoretical Models and New Perspectives of Crime Strategies and Requisites for Theoretical Integration in the Study of Crime and Deviance, Liska et al Separate and Unequal is Better, Hirschi An Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior, Elliott et al An Exploratory Test of Braithwaite's Reintegrative Shaming Theory, Hay Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency, Thornberry SECTION XI: Applying Criminological Theory to Policy Crime and Public Policy, Wilson
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