Alex R. Piquero

The Handbook of Criminological Theory (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An indispensable resource for all levels, this handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology. * Provides original, cutting-edge, and in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology * Covers the origins and assumptions behind each theory, explores current debates and research, points out knowledge gaps, and offers directions for future research * Encompasses theory, research, policy, and practice, with recommendations for further reading at the end of each essay * Features discussions of broad issues and topics related to the field, such as the correlates of crime, testing theory, policy, and prediction * Clearly and accessibly written by leading scholars in the field as well as up-and-coming scholars

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118512364
• Artikelnr.: 43821990

Autorenporträt

Alex R. Piquero is Ashbel Smith Professor in the Program in Criminology in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice, and Governance at Griffith University, Australia, and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Violence and Injury Prevention in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. He is co-editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology and has published over 240 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of criminal careers, crime prevention, criminological theory, and quantitative research methods. He has collaborated on several books, including Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age: Recent Results from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (2013), Handbook of Quantitative Criminology (2011), and Key Issues in Criminal Careers Research: New Analyses of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors vii 1 Introduction: Theory and Contemporary Criminology 1 Charles R. Tittle 2 Correlates of Crime 18 Matt DeLisi and Michael G. Vaughn 3 Theory Testing In Criminology 37 Travis C. Pratt 4 Deterrence 50 Thomas A. Loughran, Ray Paternoster, and Douglas B. Weiss 5 Contemporary Biosocial Criminology: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2000-2012 75 J.C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver 6 A Developmental Perspective on Adolescent Risk
Taking and Criminal Behavior 100 Elizabeth Cauffman, Caitlin Cavanagh, Sachiko Donley, and April Gile Thomas 7 Social Disorganization Theory's Greatest Challenge: Linking Structural Characteristics to Crime in Socially Disorganized Communities 121 Charis E. Kubrin and James C. Wo 8 Routine Activities, Delinquency, and Youth Convergences 137 Jose R. Agustina and Marcus Felson 9 Environmental Criminology 156 Aiden Sidebottom and Richard Wortley 10 Control as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency 182 Chester L. Britt and Michael Rocque 11 Strain, Economic Status, and Crime 209 Robert Agnew 12 Social Learning Theory 230 Ronald L. Akers and Wesley G. Jennings 13 Cultural Processes, Social Order, and Criminology 241 Mark T. Berg, Eric A. Sevell, and Eric A. Stewart 14 Labeling Theory: Past, Present, and Future 271 Ruth Triplett and Lindsey Upton 15 Feminist Theory 290 Joanne Belknap 16 Critical Criminology 301 Martin D. Schwartz and Henry H. Brownstein 17 Integrating Criminological Theories 318 Marv Krohn and Jeffrey T. Ward 18 Developmental and Life
Course Theories of Crime 336 Tara Renae McGee and David P. Farrington 19 Biosocial Bases of Antisocial and Criminal Behavior 355 Frances R. Chen, Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Sharon Niv, Jill Portnoy, Robert Schug, Yaling Yang, and Adrian Raine 20 From Theory to Policy and Back Again 380 Scott H. Decker 21 How Do Criminologists Interpret Statistical Explanation of Crime? A Review of Quantitative Modeling in Published Studies 395 David Weisburd, Breanne Cave, and Alex R. Piquero 22 Situational Theory: The Importance of Interactions and Action Mechanisms in the Explanation of Crime 415 Per
Olof H. Wikström and Kyle Treiber 23 MacröLevel Theory: A Critical Component of Criminological Exploration 445 Eric P. Baumer and Ashley N. Arnio 24 What International Research Has Told Us About Criminological Theory 475 Olena Antonaccio and Ekaterina V. Botchkovar 25 Qualitative Criminology's Contributions to Theory 497 Andy Hochstetler and Heith Copes Index 521