Foreword: The Criminal Justice System Preface Acknowledgments Introduction to the Book: An Overview of Issues in Criminological Theory How to Read a Research Article Reading: 1. The Use and Usefulness of Criminology, 1751-2005: Enlightened Justice and Its Failures, by Lawrence W. Sherman SECTION I. Pre-Classical and Classical Theories of Crime Introduction Readings: 2. On Crimes and Punishments, by Cesare Beccaria 3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, by Jeremy Bentham SECTION II. Modern Applications of the Classical Perspective: Deterrence, Rational Choice, and Routine Activities/Lifestyle Theories of Crime Introduction Readings: 4. Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Examining the Effect of Executions on Murder in Texas, by Jon Sorenson, Robert Wrinkle, Victoria Brewer, & James Marquart 5. Specifying the Direct and Indirect Effects of Low Self-Control and Situational Factors in Offenders' Decision Making: Toward a More Complete Model of Rational Offending, by Alex R. Piquero & Stephen G. Tibbetts 6. Hot Spots of Predatory Crime: Routine Activities and the Criminology of Place, by Lawrence W. Sherman, Patrick R. Gartin, & Michael E. Buerger 7. The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools, and Malls on the Spatial Distribution of Property Damage, by Teresa C. LaGrange SECTION III. Early Positive School Perspectives of Criminality Introduction Readings: 8. The Murderous Dutch Fiddler: Criminology, History, and the Problem of Phrenology, by Nicole H. Rafter 9. The Criminal Man (L'uomo delinquente), by Cesare Lombroso (trans. Mary Gibson & Nicole H. Rafter) 10. The Contribution of Family Adversity and Verbal IQ to Criminal Behavior, by Chris L. Gibson, Alex R. Piquero, & Stephen G. Tibbetts SECTION IV. Modern Biosocial Perspectives of Criminal Behavior Introduction Readings: 11. A Meta-Analysis of the Gene-Crime Relationship, by Glenn D. Walters 12. A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality, by Lee Ellis 13. Neuroimaging 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. Piquero SECTION V. Early Social Structure and Strain Theories of Crime Introduction Readings: 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 Agnew SECTION VI. The Chicago School and Cultural/Subcultural Theories of Crime Introduction Readings: 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 Anderson SECTION VII. Social Process/Learning Theories of Crime Introduction Readings: 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 Messina SECTION VIII. Social Reaction, Critical, and Feminist Models of Crime Introduction Readings: 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-Proctor SECTION IX. Life-Course Perspectives of Criminality Introduction Readings: 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 Blumstein SECTION X. Integrated Theoretical Models and New Perspectives of Crime Introduction Readings: 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. Thornberry SECTION XI. Applying Criminological Theory to Policy Introduction Reading: 38. Crime and Public Policy, by James Q. Wilson Glossary Credits and Sources Index About the Authors
