Authors: Copes, Heith; Topalli, Volkan
Division: Higher Education
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-338001-8
ISBN-10: 0073380016
©2010 | 1st Edition | 576 pages , Softcover
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New Features:

• 34 Classical Theoretical Essays including the most important and influential theories used to understand crime and criminality including Elijah Anderson's work on The Code of the Streets; Sampson and Laub's work on Social Control; and Braithewaite's work on Labeling Theory; and much more
• Coverage of 15 criminological theories including Rational Choice Theories, Biosocial Theories, Social Disorganization, Anomie Theories, Self-Control Theory, Labeling Theories, Feminist Theories, and much more.
• Contemporary Retrospective Essays provide the reader a critical assessment of each theory discussed while presenting the latest research, developments, and theoretical modifications regarding each of them
• Contemporary Retrospective essays were written by some of the best established and up-and-coming criminologists today including Steve Messner, Alex Piquero, Eric Stewart, Travis Pratt, and Jeffrey Ullmer, and others

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Table of Contents:

Part I Classical and Neoclassical Theories

Rational Choice Theories

An Essay on Crimes and Punishments - Cesare Beccaria

Modeling Offenders��� Decisions: A Framework for Research and Policy-Ronald V. Clarke and Derek B. Cornish

Contemporary Retrospective on Rational Choice Theories

Classical and Rational Choice Perspectives- Andy Hochstetler and Jeffrey A. Bouffard

Routine Activity Theory

Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach-Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson

Contemporary Retrospective on Routine Activity Theory

Routine Activity Theory: An Assessment of a Classical Theory-Catherine D. Marcum

Part II Biosocial Theories

Criminal Man-Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

Crime and Human Nature-James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Hernstein

Contemporary Retrospective on Biological Theories

Contemporary Perspectives on Biological and Biosocial Theories of Crime-Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, and John P. Wright

Part III Social Disorganization Theory

Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas-Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay

Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy-Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush, and Felton Earls

Contemporary Retrospective on Social Disorganization Theory

Social Disorganization Theory-Travis Pratt and Jacinta M. Gau

Part IV Anomie and Strain Theories

Anomie Theories

Social Structure and Anomie-Robert K. Merton

Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs-Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin

The Present and Future of Institutional - Anomie Theory-Steven F. Messner and Richard Rosenfeld

Contemporary Retrospective on Anomie Theories

Anomie in Perspective-Sandra Legge and Steven F. Messner

General Strain Theory

Foundations for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency-Robert Agnew

Contemporary Retrospective on General Strain Theory

The Status of General Strain Theory-John P. Hoffmann

Part V Subcultural Theories

Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang-Albert K. Cohen

Lower Class Culture as a Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency-Walter B. Miller

The Subculture of Violence: Towards an Integrated Theory in Criminology-Marvin E. Wolfgang and Franco Ferracuti

The Code of the Streets-Elijah Anderson

Contemporary Retrospective on Subcultural Theories

Examining the Logic of Subcultural Models-Mark T. Berg and Eric A. Stewart

Part VI Differential Association, Social Learning, and Neutralization Theories

Differential Association-Edwin H. Sutherland and Donald Cressey

A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior-Robert L. Burgess and Ronald L. Akers

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

Contemporary Retrospective on Differential Association and Social Learning Theories

Learning Theory: From Seminal Statements to Hybridization-J. Mitchell Miller, J. Eagle Shutt, and J.C. Barnes

Part VII Control Theories

Social Control Theories

Self Concept as an Insulator Against Delinquency- Walter C. Reckless, Simon Dinitz, and Ellen Murray

A Control Theory of Delinquency-Travis Hirschi

Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points through Life-Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub

Contemporary Retrospective on Social Control Theories

Introduction to Social Control Theories of Crime- Christopher J. Schreck

Self-Control Theory

A General Theory of Crime-Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi

Contemporary Retrospective on Self-Control Theory

Overview of Self-Control Theory-Nicole Leeper Piquero and Alex R. Piquero

Pure Sociology

Crime as Social Control-Donald Black

Contemporary Retrospective on Pure Sociology

Twenty-Five Years of "Crime as Social Control"-Scott Jacques

Part VIII Interactionist Theories

Labeling Theories

Crime and the Community-Frank Tannebaum

Social Pathology-Edwin Lemert

Crime, Shame and Reintegration-John Braithwaite

Contemporary Retrospective on Labeling Theories

Labeling and Secondary Deviance-Jon Gunnar Bernburg

Symbolic Interactionist and Phenomenological Theories

Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil-Jack Katz

Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited-Lonnie Athens

Contemporary Retrospective on Symbolic Interactionist and Phenomenological Theories

The Embeddedness of Symbolic Interactionism in Criminology-Jeffrey T. Ulmer

Part IX Critical Theories

Conflict and Radical Theories

Criminality and Economic Conditions-William A. Bonger

Culture Conflict and Crime-Thorsten Sellin

Class, State, and Crime: On the Theory and Practice of Criminal Justice-Richard Quinney

Contemporary Retrospective on Conflict and Radical Theories

Conflict Criminology: Developments, Directions and Destinations Past and Present-Bruce A. Arrigo and Christopher R. Williams

Feminist Theories

Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Offender- Freda Adler

Doing Feminist Criminology-Meda Chesney-Lind

Gender and Crime: Toward a Gendered Theory of Female Offending-Darrell Steffensmeier and Emilie Allan

Contemporary Retrospective on Feminist Theories

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Assessing Contemporary Feminist Criminology-Amanda Burgess-Proctor

References

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