Criminological Theory : Past to Present (Essential Readings),9781891487552

Criminological Theory : Past to Present (Essential Readings)

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ISBN13: 9781891487552
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Pub. Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher(s): Roxbury Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Introduction Understanding Criminological Theory: A Guide For Readers 1(14)
Francis T. Cullen
Robert Angew
PART I THE ORIGINS OF MODERN CRIMINOLOGY 15(12)
An Eassy on Crimes and Punishments
20(3)
Cesare Beccaria
The Criminal Man
23(4)
Cesare Lombrose
Gina Lombroso Ferrero
PART II INDIVIDUAL TRAITS AND CRIME 27(68)
Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency
36(12)
Sheldon Glueck
Eleanor Glueck
Gene-Based Evolutionary Theories in Criminology
48(16)
Lee Ellis
Anthony Walsh
Does the Body Tell? Biological Characteristics and Criminal Disposition
64(9)
David Rowe
Personality and Crime: Are Some People Crime Prone?
73(9)
Avshalom Caspi
Terrie E. Moffitt
Phil A. Silva
Magda Stouthamer- Loeber
Robert F. Krueger
Pamela S. Schmutte
Biosocial Bases of Antisocial Behavior: Psychophysiological, Neurological, and Cognitive Factors
82(13)
Patricia A. Brennan
Adria Raine
PART III THE CHICAGO SCHOOL: THE CITY, SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION, AND CRIME 95(30)
Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas
104(7)
Clifford R. Shaw
Hnery D. McKay
A Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality
111(7)
Robert J. Sampson
William Julius Wilson
Collective Efficacy and Crime
118(7)
Robert J. Sampson
Stephen W. Raudenbush
Felton Earls
PART IV LEARING TO BE A CRIMINAL: DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION, SUBCULTURAL, AND SOCIAL LEARNING THEORIES 125(46)
A Theory of Differential Association
131(4)
Edwin H. Sutherland
Donald R. Cressey
Techniques of Neutralization
135(7)
Gresham M. Sykes
David Matza
A Social Learning Theory of Crime
142(13)
Ronald L. Akers
The Thesis of a Subculture of Violence
155(16)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
Franco Ferrnacuti
The Code of the Streets
159
Elijah Anderson
PART V ANOMIE/STRAIN THEORIES FO CRIME 171(48)
Social Structure and Anomie
178(8)
Robert K. Merton
Delinquent Bosy
186(5)
Albet K. Cohen
Delinquency and Opportunity
191(7)
Richard A. Cloward
Lloyd E. Ohlin
Crime and the American Dream
198(10)
Richard Rosenfield
Steven F. Messner
A General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency
208(11)
Robert S. Agnew
PART VI VARIETIES OF CONTROL THEORY 219(44)
Containment Theory
227(4)
Walter C. Reckless
Social Bond Theory
231(9)
Travis Hirschi
A General Theory of Crime
240(13)
Michael R. Gottgredson
Travis Hirschi
A Power-Control Theory of Gender and Delinquency
253(10)
John Hagan
PART VII REVIVING CLASSICAL THEORY: DETERRENCE, RATIONAL CHOICE, AND ROUTINE ACTIVITIES THEORIES 263(32)
A Reconceptualization of General and Specific Deterrence
272(6)
Mark C. Stafford
Mark Warr
Crime as a Rational Choice
278(6)
Derek B. Cornish
Ronald V. Clarke
Routine Activity Theory
284(11)
Lawrence E. Cohen
Marcus Felson
PART VIII LABELING, INTERACTION, AND CRIME: SOCIETAL REACTION AND THE CREATION OF CRIMINALS 295(38)
Primary and Secondary Deviance
304(4)
Edwin M. Lemert
Reflected Appraisals, Parental Labeling, and Delinquency
308(8)
Ross L. Matsueda
Crime, Shame, and Reintegration
316(9)
John Braithwaite
Defiance Theory
325(8)
Lawrence W. Sherman
PART IX CRITICAL CRIMINALOGY: POWER PEACE, AND CRIME 333(64)
Criminality and Economic Conditions
343(8)
Willem Bonger
Class, State, and Crime
351(6)
Richard Quinney
Delinquency and the Age Structure of Society
357(10)
David F. Greenberg
Crime in a Market Society
367(12)
Elliott Currie
Crime and Coercoin
379(8)
Mark Colvin
Peacemaking Criminology
387(10)
Richard Quinney
PART X FEMINIST THEORIES: GENDER, POWER, AND CRIME 397(44)
Sisters in Crime
405(8)
Frade Adler
Feminism and Criminology
413(10)
Kathleen Daly
Meda Chesney-Lind
A Feminist Theory of Female Delinquency
423(7)
Meda Chesney-Lind
Masculinies and Crime
430(11)
James W. Messerschmidt
PART XI DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES: CRIME AND THE LIFE COURSE 441(42)
Pathways in the Life Course to Crime
450(20)
Terrie E. Moffitt
Crime and the Life Course
470(13)
Robert J. Sampson
John H. Laub
PART XII INTEGRATED THEORIES OF CRIME 483(6)
An Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior
489(14)
Delbert S. Elliott
Suzanne S. Ageton
Rachelle J. Canter
Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency
503(12)
Terence P. Thornberry
Control Balance Theory
515(18)
Charles R. Title
Social Support and Crime
533
Francis T. Cullen

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