Criminological Theories

Bridging the Past to the Future
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7619-2502-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1017 g

This anthology is a superb collection of 36 articles covering the major theories, past and present, that inform criminology today. What truly sets this volume apart is the inclusion of many articles discussing novel and often overlooked perspectives in criminological theory. In fact, many of these articles have never before been included in a reader. Such articles include an examination of topics such as white-collar crime and developmental criminology, as well as discussions of integrated theories that consider genetics, psychology, and environmental approaches. As most journal articles are typically written for a professional audience, the original articles have been substantially edited and abridged to make them more accessible to students. Each article is framed by an introductory overview (discussing the article's importance and the context for its development) and concludes with discussion questions. The resulting reader will prove to be an invaluable resource for any undergraduate or graduate course where criminological theory plays a central role.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cote, Suzette

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: CRIME, CRIMINOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

1. Twenty Years of Testing Theories: What Have We Learned and Why? - Thomas J. Bernard
2. The Criminological Enterprise in Europe and the United States - Ineke Haen Marshall
3. Conceptualizing Criminal Justice Theory - Thomas J. Bernard & Robin Shepard Engel
PART II: BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CRIME

4. Biological Perspectives in Criminology - Diana H. Fishbein
5. Criminology and The Holocaust: Xenophobia, Evolution, and Genocide - Augustine Brannigan
PART III: SOCIAL STRUCTURAL THEORIES OF CRIME

6. Delinquency Rates and Community Characteristics - Clifford R. Shaw & Henry D. McKay

7. Incarceration, Social Capital, and Crime: Implications for Social Disorganization Theory - Dina R. Rose & Todd R. Clear

8. The Subculture of Violence - Marvin E. Wolfgang & Franco Ferracuti

9. Social Structure and Anomie - Robert K. Merton

10. Crime and the American Dream - Steven F. Messner & Richard Rosenfeld
11. Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency - Robert Agnew
PART IV: SOCIAL PROCESS THEORIES OF CRIME
12. A Sociological Theory of Criminal Behavior - Edwin H. Sutherland

13. A Social Learning Theory of Crime - Ronald L. Akers

14. Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency - Gresham M. Sykes and David Matza

15. Class in the Household: A Power-Control Theory of Gender and Delinquency - John Hagan, John Simpson, & A. R. Gillis

16. Charles Tittle's Control Balance and Criminological Theory - John Braithwaite
17.Thoughts Stimulated by Braithwaite's Analysis of Control Balance Theory - Charles R. Tittle
18. The Dynamic Nature of Deviance - John Curra
19. Deviance on the Record: Techniques for Labeling Child Abusers in Official Documents - Leslie Margolin

20. Parental Sanctions and Delinquent Behavior: Toward Clarification of Braithwaite's Theory of Reintegration - Carter Hay
21. Is "White Collar Crime" Crime? - Edwin H. Sutherland
22. The Nature of Criminality: Low-Self Control - Michael R. Gottfredson & Travis Hirschi

23. Organizational Offending and Neoclassical Criminology: Challenging the Reach of a General Theory of Crime - Gary E. Reed & Peter Cleary Yeager
PART V. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES IN CRIME AND CRIMINOLOGY
24. Marx, Engels, and Bonger on Crime and Social Control - Ian Taylor, Paul Walton, & Jock Young
25. Constitutive Criminology: The Maturation of Critical Theory - Stuart Henry & Dragan Milovanovic
26. Postmodern Criminology in Relation to Radical and Conflict Criminology - Bruce A. Arrigo and Thomas J. Bernard
27. "Three Strikes" as Public Policy: The Convergence of the New Penology and the McDonaldization of Punishment - David Shichor
28. Feminism and Criminology - Kathleen Daly and Meda Chesney-Lind

29. Different Ways of Conceptualizing Sex/Gender in Feminist Theory and Their Implications for Criminology - Kathleen Daly
PART VI: INTEGRATED THEORIES AND UNIQUE APPROACHES

30. Crime as a Rational Choice - Derek B. Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke
31. Routine Activities and Crime Prevention in the Developing Metropolis - Marcus Felson
32. Adolescent-Limited and Life Course Persistent Anti-Social Behavior - Terrie E. Moffitt
33. The Development of Offending - Rolf Loeber and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
34. Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior - Delbert S. Elliott, Suzanne S. Ageton, & Rachelle J. Canter
35. Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency - Terence P. Thornberry

36. Behavior Genetics and Anomie/Strain Theory - Anthony Walsh
Selected References
Index
About the Editor

Über Autor(innen)

Cote, Suzette
<b><p>Suzette Cote</b> is Assistant Professor in the Division of Criminal Justice at California State University, Sacramento, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses that primarily deal with criminological theory, sex offenses and offenders, and family violence, child abuse, and elder abuse. She received her law degree with a concentration in Family Law (SUNY at Buffalo School of Law, 1998).  </p> <p> Cote’s dissertation, <i>Modernity, Risk, and Contemporary Crime Control Strategies as Risk Management: An Analysis of Sex Offender Statutes and the Shift Toward a Risk Society, </i>focuses on the shift in penal practices away from rehabilitation and treatment of individual criminals and towards the management of dangerous classes offenders. A forthcoming publication, "Megan’s Law in California: The CD-ROM and the Changing Nature of Crime Control," will be published in an edited text, <i>Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges</i> (tentative title) by Debra S. Kelley and James Hodgson (Greenwood Publishing Group). </p>