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The most accessible and comprehensive book for criminological theory courses available today

Criminological Theory: A Text/Reader provides the best of both worlds--substantial but brief authored sections on all of the major course topics, followed by carefully edited, policy-oriented, original research articles covering criminological theory from past to present and beyond. The 39 articles reflect both classic studies and state-of-the-art research. Pedagogical tools include the helpful "How to Read a Research Article" before the first reading, article introductions, photographs, and discussion questions that capture student interest and help them develop their critical thinking skills.

Key Features

Presents a succinct overview of criminological theory in the book's Introduction, which also briefly describes the organization and content of the book Includes a "How to Read a Research Article" guide tied to the first reading in the book, a perfect introduction to understanding how real-world research is organized and delivered in the journal literature Offers a "mini-chapter" introduction for each Section with figures, tables, and photos that present and illustrate basic concepts while providing a background for the readings that follow Includes three to six well-edited readings in each Section that highlight the policy implications of the research, vividly responding to the "So what?" question of how criminological theories apply in the real world Provides key terms, Web resources, and thought-provoking discussion questions for each reading and each Section to help students master the content and sharpen their critical thinking skills

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• Introduction: An Overview of Issues in Criminological Theory
• How to Read a Research Article
• The Use and Usefulness of Criminology, 1751-2005: Enlightened Justice and its Failures, Sherman
• Section I Pre-Classical and Classical Theories of Crime
• The Social Contract, Rousseau
• On Crimes and Punishments, Beccaria
• Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Bentham
• Section II Modern Applications of the Classical Perspective: Deterrence, Rational Choice, Routine Activities, and Lifestyle Theories of Crime
• Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Examining the Effect of Executions on Murder in Texas
• Specifying the Direct and Indirect Effects of Low Self Control and Situational Factors in Decision Making
• Hot Spots of Predatory Crime: Routine Activities and the Criminology of Place
• The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools, and Malls on the Spatial Distribution of Property Damage
• Specifying the Influence of Family and Peers on Violent Victimization
• Section III Early Positive School Perspectives of Criminality
• The Murderous Dutch Fiddler, Rafter
• Criminal Man
• The Contribution of Family Adversity and Verbal IQ to Criminal Behavior
• Section IV Modern Biosocial Perspectives of Criminal Behavior
• A Meta Analysis of the Gene Crime Relationship
• A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality
• Neuroimaging Studies of Aggressive and Violent Behavior
• A Life-Course Analysis of the Criminogenic Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy
• Section V Early Social Structure and Strain Theories of Crime
• Social Structure and Anomie
• There's a Darkness on the Edge of Town
• Crime and the American Dream
• Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory
• Section VI The Chicago School and Cultural/Subcultural Theories of Crime
• Delinquency Rates and Community Characteristics
• Replicating Sampson and Grove's Test of Social Disorganization Theory
• The Subculture of Violence
• The Code of the Streets
• Section VII Social Process/Learning Theories of Crime
• A Theory of Crime: Differential Association
• A Social Learning Theory of Crime
• Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency
• Examining the Role of Differential Association and Techniques of Neutralization in Explaining Corporate Crime
• Scared Kids, Unattached Kids, Or Peer Pressure: Why do Students Carry Firearms to School? May
• Self Control and Social Bonds
• Section VIII Social Reaction, Critical, and Feminist Models of Crime
• Informal Reactions and Delinquency
• Marx, Engels, and Bonger on Crime and Social Control
• Policing the Ghetto Underclass
• Feminism and Criminology
• Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime
• Section IX Life-Course Perspective of Criminality
• The Influence of Gender, Low Birth Weight, and Disadvantaged Environment in Predicting Early Onset of Offending
• Criminal Career Paradigm
• Section X Integrated Theoretical Models and New Perspectives of Crime
• Strategies and Requisites for Theoretical Integration in the Study of Crime and Deviance
• Separate and Unequal is Better
• An Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior
• An Exploratory Test of Braithwaite's Reintegrative Shaming Theory
• Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency
• Section XI Applying Criminological Theory to Policy
• Crime and Public Policy