Tibbetts, S: Criminological Theory

Studies of Aggressive and Violent Behavior: Current Findings and Implications for Criminology and Criminal Justice, by Jana L. Bufkin & Vickie R. Luttrell 14. A Life-Course Analysis of the Criminogenic Effects of Maternal Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy: A Research Note on the Mediating Impact of Neuropsychological Deficit, by Jean Marie McGloin, Travis C. Pratt, & Alex R. PiqueroSECTION V. Early Social Structure and Strain Theories of CrimeIntroductionReadings: 15. Social Structure and Anomie, by Robert K. Merton 16. There's a Darkness on the Edge of Town: Merton's Five Modes of Adaptation in the Lyrics of Bruce Springsteen, by Craig Hemmens 17. Crime and the American Dream, by Stephen F. Messner & Richard Rosenfeld 18. Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory: Specifying the Types of Strain Most Likely to Lead to Crime and Delinquency, by Robert AgnewSECTION VI. The Chicago School and Cultural/Subcultural Theories of CrimeIntroductionReadings: 19. Delinquency Rates and Community Characteristics, by Clifford R. Shaw & Henry D. McKay 20. Replicating Sampson and Groves's Test of Social Disorganization Theory: Revisiting a Criminological Classic, by Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Francis T. Cullen, & Travis C. Pratt 21. The Subculture of Violence, by Marvin E. Wolfgang & Franco Ferracuti 22. The Code of the Streets, by Elijah AndersonSECTION VII. Social Process/Learning Theories of CrimeIntroductionReadings: 23. A Sociological Theory of Criminal Behavior, by Edwin H. Sutherland 24. A Social Learning Theory of Crime, by Ronald L. Akers 25. Examining the Role of Differential Association and Techniques of Neutralization in Explaining Corporate Crime, by Nicole Leeper Piquero, Stephen G. Tibbetts, & Michael R. Blankenship 26. Scared Kids, Unattached Kids, or Peer Pressure: Why Do Students Carry Firearms to School? by David C. May 27. Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Deviance, by Douglas Longshore, Eunice Chang, Shih-chao Hsieh, & Nena MessinaSECTION VIII. Social Reaction, Critical, and Feminist Models of CrimeIntroductionReadings: 28. Informal Reactions and Delinquency, by Lening Zhang 29. Marx, Engels, and Bonger on Crime and Social Control, by Ian Taylor, Paul Walton, & Jack Young 30. Patriarchy, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Criminology in an Era of Backlash, by Meda Chesney-Lind 31. Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime: Future Directions for Feminist Criminology, by Amanda Burgess-ProctorSECTION IX. Life-Course Perspectives of CriminalityIntroductionReadings: 32. The Influence of Gender, Low Birth Weight, and Disadvantaged Environment in Predicting Early Onset of Offending: A Test of Moffitt's Interactional Hypothesis, by Stephen G. Tibbetts & Alex R. Piquero 33. Criminal Career Paradigm: Background, Recent Developments, and the Way Forward, by Alex R. Piquero, David P. Farrington, & Alfred BlumsteinSECTION X. Integrated Theoretical Models and New Perspectives of CrimeIntroductionReadings: 34. Separate and Unequal is Better, by Travis Hirschi 35. An Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior, by Delbert S. Elliott, Suzanne S. Ageton, & Rachelle J. Canter 36. An Exploratory Test of Braithwaite's Reintegrative Shaming Theory, by Carter Hay 37. Toward an Interactional Theory of Delinquency, by Terence P. ThornberrySECTION XI. Applying Criminological Theory to PolicyIntroductionReading: 38. Crime and Public Policy, by James Q. WilsonGlossaryCredits and SourcesIndexAbout the Authors