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As an experienced teacher of criminological theory at graduate and undergraduate levels, Imogene Moyer grew increasingly dissatisfied with the somewhat narrow focus of the books available. In her new text, Moyer has succeeded in presenting instructors and students with a comprehensive and engaging alternative.

Moyer takes a multidimensional approach to the subject by including "new" theorists such as

W.E.B. DuBois, Pauline Tarnowsky, Frank Tannenbaum, Ruth Shonle Cavan, and Sally Simpson, often allowing the theorists′ original source material to speak for them. Chapters are devoted to recently developed perspectives, particularly from women and people of color, which provide readers with a broader understanding of crime and criminal behavior.

Criminological Theories is organized in a chronological order, beginning with the 18th century classical school ¾ focusing on Beccaria and Bentham ¾ and ending with the late 20th-century peacemaking perspective. In each chapter Moyer analyzes the assumptions the theorists have made about people and society and includes discussions of the cultural and historical settings in which the theories were developed, along with biographies of specific theorists and their lifetime contributions. The theme of the interrelationship theory, research, and policy runs throughout the book, with policy implications and applications frequently addressed.

While it is not essential for all scholars to agree on a particular theory′s value, Imogene Moyer has provided the background and insights necessary to understand and appreciate the diverse and valuable theoretical viewpoints that have contributed to criminology today.

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• 1 The Expansion of Criminological Theory
• 2 The Classical School
• 3 The Positivist School
• 4 The Functionalist Perspective
• 5 The Chicago School
• 6 The Control Theorists
• 7 The Interactionist School
• 8 Conflict/Radical Marxist Theories
• 9 Feminist Criminology
• 10 Peacemaking in Criminology

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There seems to be a renewed interest in criminological theory in recent years from both an applied and theoretical point of view. Moyer (emerita, criminology, Indiana Univ. of PA) treats theory in criminology from a perspective not normally found in more "mainline" works. In ten chapters with references, the author takes the reader on an excursion not only into the more common subjects in criminological theory, but also into those that have not been traditional fare in criminology. For example, she devotes the final two chapters, respectively, to feminist criminology and peacemaking in criminology. In chapter 1, Moyer notes that "I was dissatisfied with the traditional texts available because of the unidimensional nature of theories of crime and criminals included in these texts--an emphasis on the poor, male, young, and urban as offenders." The author introduces the reader to some writers who take a more multidimensional view of crime and to the new or modified theories of criminality that emerged in the 1990s. Upper-division undergraduates and above. J. C. Watkins Jr. University of Alabama

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Imogene L. Moyer is Professor Emerita of Criminology and Women's Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), where she retired in 1998.
Cavit S. Cooley is Assistant Professor of Justice Systems at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. He currently is a candidate for a Ph.D. in criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Ayn Embar-Seddon chairs the Department of Criminal Justice and Paralegal Studies at Florida Metropolitan University in Orlando.
Shaun L. Gabbidon is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public Affairs at Pennsylvania State University, Capital College