An Introduction to Criminological Theory

by McShane,Marilyn
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-01-01
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Table of Contents

Series Introduction vii(4)
Volume Introduction xi
Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency
1(20)
Robert Agnew
Inventing Criminology: The "Science of Man" in Cesare Beccaria's Dei delitti e delle pene (1764)
21(45)
Piers Beirne
Poverty, Power, White-Collar Crime and the Paradoxes of Criminological Theory
66(19)
John Braithwaite
Reconsidering Strain Theory: Operationalization, Rival Theories, and Adult Criminality
85(27)
Velmer S. Burton Jr.
Francis T. Cullen
T. David Evans
R. Gregory Dunaway
The Normalcy of Crime: From Durkheim to Evolutionary Ecology
112(23)
Lawrence E. Cohen
Richard Machalek
Talking About Crime: Observations on the Prospects for Causal Theory in Criminology
135(10)
Don C. Gibbons
Social Area Influences on Delinquency: A Multilevel Analysis
145(30)
Denise C. Gottfredson
Richard J. McNeil III
Gary D. Gottfredson
Testing the Core Empirical Implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime
175(26)
Harold G. Grasmick
Charles R. Tittle
Robert J. Bursik Jr.
Bruce J. Arneklev
Destiny and Drift: Subcultural Preferences, Status Attainments, and the Risks and Rewards of Youth
201(16)
John Hagan
Urban Poverty and the Family Context of Delinquency: A New Look at Structure and Process in a Classic Study
217(18)
Robert J. Sampson
John H. Laub
The Cycle of Crime and Socialization Practices
235(18)
John McCord
Racial Inequality and Racially Disaggregated Homicide Rates: An Assessment of Alternative Theoretical Explanations
253(26)
Steven F. Messner
Reid M. Golden
Dueling Paradigms: Modernist versus Postmodernist Thought
279(26)
Dragan Milovanovic
Enduring Individual Differences and Rational Choice Theories of Crime
305(30)
Daniel S. Nagin
Raymond Paternoster
Caste, Class, and Violent Crime: Explaining Difference in Female Offending
335(22)
Sally S. Simpson
A Reconceptualization of General and Specific Deterrence
357(14)
Mark C. Stafford
Mark Warr
Testing Interactional Theory: An Examination of Reciprocal Causal Relationships Among Family, School, and Delinquency
371(34)
Terence P. Thornberry
Alan J. Lizotte
Marvin D. Krohn
Margaret Farnworth
Sung Joon Jang
Acknowledgments 405

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