Theories of Crime A Reader

by Renzetti, Claire M.; Curran, Daniel J.; Carr, Patrick J.

• ISBN13: 9780205361014
• ISBN10: 0205361013
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-19
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Designed as a stand-alone or for use with Curran & Renzetti'sTheories of Crime, 2/e(Allyn & Bacon, copy; 2001), this reader contains excerpts from criminologists'writings on many of the most recent sociological, biological, and psychological theories of crime. Editors Renzetti, Curran, and Carr have compiled one of the most thorough books on the market in terms of presenting diverse theoretical perspectives. They offer introductions to each theory, briefly outlining the theory's strengths and weaknesses, and provide a set of discussion questions at the end of each theory. Excerpted readings were chosen for their accessibility to all students.

Table of Contents

Prelude: What is Theory and What Do Criminologists Do with It?	vii
PART ONE Biological/Physiological Theories of Crime	1	(32)
Genes and Crime: Is Criminality Inherited?	3	(22)
Genetic Epidemiology of Antisocial Behavior	4	(21)
Ty A. Ridenour
Crime and the Brain	25	(8)
The Biology of Violence	26	(7)
Debra Niehoff
PART TWO Psychological/Psychiatric Theories of Crime	33	(44)
Intelligence and Crime	35	(16)
Intelligence and Delinquency: A Revisionist Review	37	(14)
Travis Hirschi
Michael J. Hindelang
Crime and Mental Illness	51	(5)
Mental Illness and Violent Crime	52	(4)
John Monahan
Substance Abuse and Crime	56	(21)
Women, Crack, and Crime	57	(20)
James A. Inciardi
Dorothy Lockwood
Anne E. Pottieger
PART THREE Crime and Social Organization	77	(38)
Crime and Social Disorganization	79	(9)
A Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory	81	(7)
Robert J. Sampson
W. Byron Groves
Routine Activities Theory	88	(7)
Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach	89	(6)
Lawrence E. Cohen
Marcus Felson
Anomie and Social Strain Theories	95	(20)
Anomie, Reference Groups, and Relative Deprivation	97	(18)
Nikos Passas
PART FOUR Crime and Social Processes	115	(60)
Crime and Social Bonds	117	(16)
A Control Theory of Delinquency	118	(15)
Travis Hirschi
Crime and Self Control	133	(14)
The Nature of Criminality: Low Self-Control	134	(13)
Michael R. Gottfredson
Travis Hirschi
Control Balance Theory	147	(8)
Deviance in Control Balance Theory	148	(7)
Charles R. Tittle
Learning to Be Criminal	155	(11)
Social Learning Theory	156	(10)
Ronald L. Akers
Crime and Stigma: Labeling Theory	166	(9)
Outsiders	168	(7)
Howard S. Becker
PART FIVE Crime and Social Inequalities	175	(48)
Crime and Power	177	(13)
The Marxian Critique of Criminal Justice	179	(11)
Jeffrey Reiman
Deromanticizing Crime: Left Realism	190	(10)
The Failure of Criminology	192	(8)
Jock Young
Peacemaking Criminology	200	(12)
The Way of Peace: On Crime, Suffering, and Service	201	(11)
Richard Quinney
Women's Liberation and Crime	212	(10)
A Power-Control Theory of Gender and Delinquency	214	(8)
John Hagan
Accounting for Intersecting Inequalities: Feminist Criminology	222	(1)
Feminism for the Mainstream Criminologist: An Invitation	223
Jeanne Flavin