Introduction: Understanding Criminological Theory: A Guide for Readers
Francis T. Cullen, Robert Agnew, and Pamela Wilcox
SECTION 1
IN SEARCH OF THE CRIMINAL "MAN"
Part I The Origins of Modern Criminology
1. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Cesare Beccaria
2. The Criminal Man
Cesare Lombroso
Part II Biosocial and Traits Theories of Crime
3. Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency
Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor Glueck
4. Gene-Based Evolutionary Theories in Criminology
Lee Ellis and Anthony Walsh
5. Biology and Crime
Melissa Peskin, Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Anna Rudo-Hutt, Yaling Yang, and
Adrian Raine
6. Personality and Crime: Are Some People More Crime Prone?
Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt Phil A. Silva, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber,
Robert F. Krueger, and Pamela S. Schmutte
SECTION 2
THE RISE AND GROWTH OF AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGY
Part III The Chicago School: The City, Social Disorganization,
and Crime -
7. Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas
Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay
8. A Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality
Robert J. Sampson and William Julius Wilson
9. Collective Efficacy and Crime
Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush, and Felton Earls
Part IV Learning to Be a Criminal: Differential Association,
Subcultural, and Social Learning Theories
10. A Theory of Differential Association
Edwin H. Sutherland and Donald R. Cressey
11. A Social Learning Theory of Crime
Ronald L. Akers
12. Code of the Street
Elijah Anderson
Part V Anomie/Strain Theories of Crime
13. Social Structure and Anomie
Robert K. Merton
14. Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang
Albert K. Cohen
15. Crime and the American Dream
Richard Rosenfeld and Steven F. Messner
16. Pressured into Crime: General Strain Theory
Robert S. Agnew
Part VI Varieties of Control Theory
17. Techniques of Neutralization
Gresham M. Sykes and David Matza
18. Social Bond Theory
Travis Hirschi
19. A General Theory of Crime
Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi
SECTION 3
RETHINKING CRIMINOLOGY
Part VII Labeling, Interaction, and Crime: Societal Reaction
and the Creation of Criminals
20. Primary and Secondary Deviance
Edwin M. Lemert
21. Crime, Shame, and Reintegration
John Braithwaite
22. Defiance Theory
Lawrence W. Sherman
Part VIII Critical Criminology: Power, Peace, and Crime
23. Criminality and Economic Conditions
Willem Bonger
24. Crime in a Market Society
Elliott Currie
25. Crime and Coercion
Mark Colvin
Part IX Feminist Theories: Gender, Power, and Crime
26. Sisters in Crime
Freda Adler
27. A Feminist Theory of Female Delinquency
Meda Chesney-Lind
28. Masculinities and Crime
James W. Messerschmidt
29. Toward a Gendered Theory of Female Offending
Darrell J. Steffensmeier and Emile Allan
Part X Theories of White-Collar Crime
30: White-Collar Criminality
Edwin H. Sutherland
31. Denying the Guilty Mind
Michael L. Benson
32. Choosing White-Collar Crime
Neal Shover and Andy Hochstedler
SECTION 4
CHOICE, OPPORTUNITY, AND CRIME
Part XI Reviving Classical Theory: Deterrence and Rational Choice
33. Reconceptualizing Deterrence Theory
Mark C. Stafford and Mark Warr
34. Crime as Rational Choice
Derek B. Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke
35. Armed Robbers in Action
Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker
Part XII Environmental Criminology
36. Routine Activity Theory
Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson
37. Situational Crime Prevention
Ronald V. Clarke
38. Defensible Space
Oscar Newman
39. Broken Windows
James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling
SECTION 5
KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN CRIMINOLOGY
Part XIII Developmental Theories: Crime and the Life Course
40. Pathways in the Life Course to Crime
Terrie E. Moffitt
41. A Theory of Persistent Offending and Desistance from Crime
John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson
42. Cognitive Transformation and Desistance from Crime
Peggy C. Giordano, Stephen A. Cernkovich, and Jennifer L. Rudolph
Part XIV Paying Attention to Race: Theoretical Developments
43. Getting Played
Jody Miller
44. A Theory of African American Offending
James D. Unnever and Shawn L. Gabbidon
Part XV Pulling It All Together: Integrated Theories of Crime
45. Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency
Terance P. Thornberry
46. Social Support and Crime
Francis T. Cullen
47. Why Criminals Offend: A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency
Robert Agnew
Part XVI Putting Theory to Work: Guiding Crime Control Policy
48. Imprisoning Communities
Todd R. Clear
49. Environmental Corrections
Francis T. Cullen, John E. Eck, and Christopher T. Lowenkamp
50. Saving Children from a Life of Crime
David Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh