An Introduction to Criminological Theory

by Burke, Roger Hopkins

• ISBN13: 9781903240465
• ISBN10: 1903240468
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Intl Specialized Book Service Inc

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: crime and modernity	1	(20)
Pre-modern crime and criminal justice	2	(1)
The rise of modern society	3	(2)
Defining and the extent of crime	5	(2)
The structure of the book	7	(13)
Suggested further reading	20	(1)
Part One: The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour	21	(28)
Classical criminology	27	(8)
The Classical theorists	27	(2)
The limitations of Classicism	29	(1)
The neo-Classical compromise	30	(2)
The enduring influence of Classicism	32	(2)
Suggested further reading	34	(1)
Populist conservative criminology	35	(5)
The rise of the political new right	35	(1)
James Q. Wilson and `right realism'	36	(3)
Suggested further reading	39	(1)
Contemporary rational actor theories	40	(9)
Contemporary deterrence theories	40	(3)
Rational choice theory	43	(2)
Routine activities theory	45	(2)
The rational actor revisited	47	(1)
Suggested further reading	48	(1)
Part Two: The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour	49	(80)
Biological theories	54	(23)
Early biological theories	54	(3)
Inherited criminal characteristics	57	(5)
Genetic structure	62	(2)
Criminal body types	64	(1)
Psychoses and brain injuries	65	(2)
Biochemistry	67	(4)
Treating the offender	71	(2)
Conclusions	73	(3)
Suggested further reading	76	(1)
Psychological theories	77	(20)
Psychodynamic theories	77	(6)
Behavioural learning theories	83	(7)
Cognitive learning theories	90	(4)
Conclusions	94	(1)
Suggested further reading	95	(2)
Sociological theories	97	(32)
Emile Durkheim and social disorganisation theory	98	(4)
The Chicago school	102	(4)
Anomie theory	106	(6)
Deviant subculture theories	112	(14)
Conclusions	126	(1)
Suggested further reading	127	(2)
Part Three: The victimised actor model of crime and criminal behaviour	129	(54)
Labelling theories	136	(11)
The social construction of crime	136	(3)
The recipients of deviant labels	139	(2)
The consequences of labelling for the recipients	141	(3)
Moral panics and deviance amplification	144	(1)
The limitations of labelling theories	145	(1)
Suggested further reading	146	(1)
Conflict and radical theories	147	(11)
Conflict theories	147	(3)
Criticisms of conflict theories	150	(1)
Radical criminology	151	(1)
Criticisms of radical theories	151	(6)
Suggested further reading	157	(1)
Feminist perspectives	158	(15)
Perspectives in feminist theory	159	(2)
Early explanations of female criminality	161	(3)
The feminist critique of traditional criminology	164	(2)
The impact of feminist critiques	166	(3)
Is there a feminist criminology?	169	(1)
Masculinity and crime	170	(2)
Suggested further reading	172	(1)
Critical criminology	173	(10)
The origins of critical criminology	174	(2)
Crimes of the powerful	176	(2)
Crimes of the less powerful	178	(1)
Critical criminology or `left idealism'?	179	(2)
Suggested further reading	181	(2)
Part Four: Integrated explanations of crime and criminal behaviour	183	(63)
Socio-biological theories	187	(5)
Biosocial theory	187	(2)
Biosocial theory and the `new right'	189	(1)
Conclusions	190	(1)
Suggested further reading	191	(1)
Environmental criminology	192	(9)
Early environmental explanations	192	(1)
Developments in environmental explanation	193	(3)
Environmental design	196	(2)
Environmental management	198	(2)
Suggested further reading	200	(1)
Social control theories	201	(16)
The origins of social control theories	201	(2)
Early social control theories	203	(2)
Modern control theories	205	(3)
Integrated theoretical perspectives	208	(3)
A general theory of crime	211	(2)
Gender differences in criminal behaviour	213	(2)
A critique of social control theories	215	(1)
Suggested further reading	216	(1)
Left realism	217	(14)
The origins of `left realism'	217	(4)
A balance of intervention	221	(3)
Left realism and `New' Labour	224	(2)
Social exclusion and the `underclass': a case study	226	(2)
`New' Labour criminal justice policy revisited	228	(2)
Suggested further reading	230	(1)
Conclusion: crime and postmodernity	231	(15)
Postmodernity and criminological explanation	233	(6)
Sceptical and affirmative postmodernity	239	(2)
The future of criminological explanation	241	(3)
Suggested further reading	244	(2)
References	246	(23)
Glossary	269	(6)
Author index	275	(7)
Subject index	282