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The SAGE handbook of criminological theory /

"The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory enables readers to engage with the key theoretical perspectives that are constitutive of the discipline at the beginning of the twenty-first century." "In addition, the Handbook features a substantive introduction by the editors reviewing th...

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Other Authors: McLaughlin, Eugene, 1959-, Newburn, Tim.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.
Subjects:
Criminology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Eugene McLaughlin and Tim Newburn
  • Part 1: Contemporary criminological theory. 1. Genetics and crime / Laura A. Baker, Catherine Tuvblad and Adrian Raine
  • 2. Individual differences and offending / Darrick Jolliffe and David F. Farrington
  • 3. Social learning theory: process and structure in criminal and deviant behavior / Ron L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen
  • 4. Street collectives and group delinquency: social disorganization, subcultures and beyond / Simon Hallsworth and Tara Young
  • 5. Strain theories / Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina
  • 6. Control theories / Ray Paternoster and Ronet Bachman
  • 7. Labelling, social reaction and social constructionism / John Muncie
  • 8. Critical criminology / Eugene McLaughlin
  • 9. Integrative criminology / Gregg Barak
  • 10. Realist criminology revisited / Roger Matthews
  • 11. Routine activities / Sharon Chamard
  • 12. Feminist perspectives in criminology: a review with Gen Y in mind / Kathleen Daly
  • Part 2: New directions in criminological theory. 13. Life-course and developmental theories in criminology / David P. Farrington
  • 14. Crime science / Ronald V. Clarke
  • 15. Psychosocial criminology / Tony Jefferson
  • 16. Cultural criminology: the loose can[n]on / Jeff Ferrell
  • 17. Governmental criminology / Pat O'Malley
  • 18. New institutionalism in criminology: approaches, theories and themes / Susanne Karstedt
  • 19. Defiance, compliance and consilience: a general theory of criminology / Lawrence W. Sherman
  • 20. A vision of race, crime and justice through the lens of critical race theory / Lee E. Ross
  • 21. A green criminology perspective / Rob White
  • 22. Global criminology / Katja Franko Aas
  • 23. Penology / Michael Cavadino
  • 24. Approaches to victims and victimisation / Paul Rock
  • 25. News media criminology / Chris Greer.

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