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| Genre/Form: | études diverses |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen G Tibbetts; Craig Hemmens |
| ISBN: | 9781412950374 1412950376 |
| OCLC Number: | 303056045 |
| 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. |
| Description: | xxvii, 789 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The Use and Usefulness of Criminology, 1751-2005: Enlightened Justice and Its Failures / Lawrence W. Sherman -- SECTION I. Pre-Classical and Classical Theories of Crime -- 2. On Crimes and Punishments / Cesare Beccaria -- 3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation / Jeremy Bentham -- SECTION II. Modern Applications of the Classical Perspective: Deterrence, Rational Choice, and Routine Activities/Lifestyle Theories of Crime Introduction -- 4. Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Examining the Effect of Executions on Murder in Texas / Jon Sorenson, Robert Wrinkle, Victoria Brewer, & James Marquart -- 5. Specifying the Direct and Indirect Effects of Low Self-Control and Situational Factors in Offenders' Decision Making: Toward a More Complete Model of Rational Offending / Alex R. Piquero & Stephen G. Tibbetts -- 6. Hot Spots of Predatory Crime: Routine Activities and the Criminology of Place / Lawrence W. Sherman, Patrick R. Gartin, & Michael E. Buerger -- 7. The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools, and Malls on the Spatial Distribution of Property Damage / Teresa C. LaGrange -- SECTION III. Early Positive School Perspectives of Criminality -- 8. The Murderous Dutch Fiddler: Criminology, History, and the Problem of Phrenology / Nicole H. Rafter -- 9. The Criminal Man (L'uomo delinquente) / Cesare Lombroso (trans. Mary Gibson & Nicole H. Rafter) -- 10. The Contribution of Family Adversity and Verbal IQ to Criminal Behavior / Chris L. Gibson, Alex R. Piquero, & Stephen G. Tibbetts -- SECTION IV. Modern Biosocial Perspectives of Criminal Behavior -- 11. A Meta-Analysis of the Gene-Crime Relationship / Glenn D. Walters -- 12. A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality / Lee Ellis -- 13. Neuroimaging Studies of Aggressive and Violent Behavior: Current Findings and Implications for Criminology and Criminal Justice / Jana L. Bufkin & Vickie R. Luttrell -- 14. A Life-Course Analysis of the Criminogenic Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy: A Research Note on the Mediating Impact of Neuropsychological Deficit / Jean Marie McGloin, Travis C. Pratt, & Alex R. Piquero -- SECTION V. Early Social Structure and Strain Theories of Crime 15. Social Structure and Anomie / Robert K. Merton -- 16. There's a Darkness on the Edge of Town: Merton's Five Modes of Adaptation in the Lyrics of Bruce Springsteen / Craig Hemmens -- 17. Crime and the American Dream / Stephen F. Messner & Richard Rosenfeld -- 18. Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory: Specifying the Types of Strain Most Likely to Lead to Crime and Delinquency / Robert Agnew -- SECTION VI. The Chicago School and Cultural/Subcultural Theories of Crime -- 19. Delinquency Rates and Community Characteristics / Clifford R. Shaw & Henry D. McKay -- 20. Replicating Sampson and Groves's Test of Social Disorganization Theory: Revisiting a Criminological Classic / Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Francis T. Cullen, & Travis C. Pratt -- 21. The Subculture of Violence /Marvin E. Wolfgang & Franco Ferracuti -- 22. The Code of the Streets / Elijah Anderson SECTION VII. Social Process/Learning Theories of Crime -- 23. A Sociological Theory of Criminal Behavior / Edwin H. Sutherland -- 24. A Social Learning Theory of Crime / Ronald L. Akers -- 25. Examining the Role of Differential Association and Techniques of Neutralization in Explaining Corporate Crime / Nicole Leeper Piquero, Stephen G. Tibbetts, & Michael R. Blankenship -- 26. Scared Kids, Unattached Kids, or Peer Pressure: Why Do Students Carry Firearms to School? / David C. May -- 27. Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Deviance / Douglas Longshore, Eunice Chang, Shih-chao Hsieh, & Nena Messina -- SECTION VIII. Social Reaction, Critical, and Feminist Models of Crime -- 28. Informal Reactions and Delinquency / Lening Zhang -- 29. Marx, Engels, and Bonger on Crime and Social Control / Ian Taylor, Paul Walton, & Jack Young -- 30. Patriarchy, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Criminology in an Era of Backlash / Meda Chesney-Lind -- 31. Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime: Future Directions for Feminist Criminology / Amanda Burgess-Proctor -- SECTION IX. Life-Course Perspectives of Criminality -- 32. The Influence of Gender, Low Birth Weight, and Disadvantaged Environment in Predicting Early Onset of Offending: A Test of Moffitt's Interactional Hypothesis / Stephen G. Tibbetts & Alex R. Piquero -- 33. Criminal Career Paradigm: Background, Recent Developments, and the Way Forward / Alex R. Piquero, David P. Farrington, & Alfred Blumstein -- SECTION X. Integrated Theoretical Models and New Perspectives of Crime -- 34. Separate and Unequal is Better / Travis Hirschi -- 35. An Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior / Delbert S. Elliott, Suzanne S. Ageton, & Rachelle J. Canter -- 36. An Exploratory Test of Braithwaite's Reintegrative Shaming Theory / Carter Hay -- 37. Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency / Terence P. Thornberry. |
| Responsibility: | Stephen G. Tibbetts, Craig Hemmens. |
Abstract:
Includes authored text Sections with carefully selected accompanying Readings covering everything criminological theory from past to present and beyond.
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