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Taking Stock : The Status of Criminological Theory.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Piscataway : Transaction Publishers, 2002Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (477 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781412809832
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  • 364
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Taking Stock of Criminological Theory -- Part I. The Core of Criminological Theory -- 1. The Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory of Crime and Deviance: The Past, Present, and Future -- 2. The Empirical Status of Control Theory in Criminology -- 3. General Strain Theory: Current Status and Directions for Further Research -- Part II. Macro-Level Theories -- 4. The Present and Future of Institutional-Anomie Theory -- 5. Collective Efficacy Theory: Lessons Learned and Directions for Future Inquiry -- 6. Segregation and Race/Ethnic Inequality in Crime: New Directions -- Part III. Theories of Power and Peace -- 7. The Status of Empirical Research in Radical Criminology -- 8. The Status of Feminist Theories in Criminology -- 9. Peacemaking Criminology: Past, Present, and Future -- Part IV. Life-Course Theories -- 10. A Review of Research on the Taxonomy of Life-Course Persistent Versus Adolescence-Limited Antisocial Behavior -- 11. Assessing Sampson and Laub's Life-Course Theory of Crime -- 12. Building Developmental and Life-CourseTheories of Offending -- Part V. Theories of Societal Reaction -- 13. The Empirical Status of Deterrence Theory: A Meta-Analysis -- 14. Shame, Restorative Justice, and Crime -- 15. The Theory of Effective Correctional Intervention: Empirical Status and Future Directions -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Criminology is in a period of much theoretical ferment. Older theories have been revitalized, and newer theories have been set forth. The very richness of our thinking about crime, however, leads to questions about the relative merits of these competing paradigms. Accordingly, in this volume advocates of prominent theories are asked to "take stock" of their perspectives. Their challenge is to assess the empirical status of their theory and to map out future directions for theoretical development. Taken together, Taking Stock provides a comprehensive update of the field's leading theories of crime. The volume will be of interest to criminological scholars and will be ideal for classroom use in courses reviewing contemporary theories of criminal behavior.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Taking Stock of Criminological Theory -- Part I. The Core of Criminological Theory -- 1. The Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory of Crime and Deviance: The Past, Present, and Future -- 2. The Empirical Status of Control Theory in Criminology -- 3. General Strain Theory: Current Status and Directions for Further Research -- Part II. Macro-Level Theories -- 4. The Present and Future of Institutional-Anomie Theory -- 5. Collective Efficacy Theory: Lessons Learned and Directions for Future Inquiry -- 6. Segregation and Race/Ethnic Inequality in Crime: New Directions -- Part III. Theories of Power and Peace -- 7. The Status of Empirical Research in Radical Criminology -- 8. The Status of Feminist Theories in Criminology -- 9. Peacemaking Criminology: Past, Present, and Future -- Part IV. Life-Course Theories -- 10. A Review of Research on the Taxonomy of Life-Course Persistent Versus Adolescence-Limited Antisocial Behavior -- 11. Assessing Sampson and Laub's Life-Course Theory of Crime -- 12. Building Developmental and Life-CourseTheories of Offending -- Part V. Theories of Societal Reaction -- 13. The Empirical Status of Deterrence Theory: A Meta-Analysis -- 14. Shame, Restorative Justice, and Crime -- 15. The Theory of Effective Correctional Intervention: Empirical Status and Future Directions -- Contributors -- Index.

Criminology is in a period of much theoretical ferment. Older theories have been revitalized, and newer theories have been set forth. The very richness of our thinking about crime, however, leads to questions about the relative merits of these competing paradigms. Accordingly, in this volume advocates of prominent theories are asked to "take stock" of their perspectives. Their challenge is to assess the empirical status of their theory and to map out future directions for theoretical development. Taken together, Taking Stock provides a comprehensive update of the field's leading theories of crime. The volume will be of interest to criminological scholars and will be ideal for classroom use in courses reviewing contemporary theories of criminal behavior.

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