Crime: Readings

The second edition of this anthology includes the latest theoretical and empirical works, and maintains the excellent balance between theory and research found in the first edition. The selections are carefully edited and very appropriate for undergraduate students. The new data analysis exercises provide a simple introduction to SPSS, and further reinforce the connection between theory and research: a major strength of this book. This collection continues to provide a strong foundation for students in criminology courses. --Barbara Costello, University of Rhode Island Designed for undergraduate criminology courses, this book actively involves students in the literature of the discipline, presents the field in a format that is accessible, understandable, and enjoyable, and is edited by well-known scholars who are experienced researchers and teachers. The readings in this anthology have been very carefully edited and pruned by the Editors so that undergraduate students can easily read them without getting bogged down or confused and lost in the technical, methodological details. As an added bonus, and without adding additional cost to the book, we have included 5 substantial data analysis exercises spread throughout the book. These exercises not only teach students the basics of SPSS, the standard data analysis software in social science, but also show them how they can test the crime theories and propositions covered in the reader, using current crime data packaged with the book. This absolutely unique feature is structured into fill-in-the-blank exercise sets that are easy to grade for large numbers of students by a single instructor. Over 150 very good questions have been put together for the readings so that instructors can easily test, even in large courses, whether or not their students are keeping up with the reading. INDICE: Foreword - R. L. MatsuedaForeword - M. E. Wolfgang Preface - The EditorsIntroduction: On Crime, Criminals, and Criminologists - J.F. Short, Jr.PART I: WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY? THE HISTORY AND DEFINITIONS OF CRIME AND CRIMINOLOGY Defining Crime 1. Defining Crime: An Issue of Morality - J. Hagan Criminological History 2. Historical Explanations of Crime: From Demons to Politics - C. R. Huff PART II: HOW DO WE VIEW CRIME? Images of Crime and Criminality 3. Racial Composition of Neighborhood and Fear of Crime - T. Chiricos, M. Hogan & M. Gertz 4. A Murder Wave? Trends in American Serial Homicide, 1940-1990 - P. Jenkins 5. Crack in Context: Politics and Media in the Making Of a Drug Scare - C. Reinarman & H. G. LevinePART III: HOW IS CRIME MEASURED? The Observation and Measurement of Crime 6. Did Crime Rise or Fall During the Reagan Presidency? - D. Steffensmeier & M. D. Harer 7. Reconciling Race and Class Differences in Self-Reported and Official Estimates of Delinquency - D. S. Elliott & S. S. Ageton 8. You Can Get Anything You Want If You've Got the Bread - W. J. Chambliss 9. A Snowball's Chance in Hell: Doing Fieldwork With Active Residential Burglars - R. Wright, S. H. Decker, A. K. Redfern & D. L. SmithData Analysis Exercise: An Exploration of Fear of Crime PART IV: WHO ARE THE CRIMINALS? THE DISTRIBUTION AND CORRELATES OF CRIMESocial Class 10. The Poverty of a Classless Criminology - The American Society of Criminology 1991 Presidential Address - J. HaganRace 11. Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality - R. J. Sampson & W. J. WilsonAge 12. Age and the Explanation of Crime - T. Hirschi & M. GottfredsonSex 13. Explaining the Gender Gap in Delinquency: Peer Influence and Moral Evaluations of Behavior - P. Mears, M. Ploeger & M. Warr PART V: HOW DO WE EXPLAIN CRIME? THEORIES THAT EMERGED IN THE 1930S THAT HAVE CONTINUING VITALITY Social Disorganization Theory 14. Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas - C. R. Shaw & H. McKayContemporary Research 15. Social Interaction and Community Crime: Examining the Importance of Neighborhood Networks - P. E. BellairDifferential Association Theory 16. A Theory of Crime: Differential Association - E. H. SutherlandContemporary Research 17. The Current State of Differential Association Theory - R. L. MatsuedaAnomie/Strain Theory 18. Social Structure and Anomie - R. K. Merton Contemporary Research 19. General Strain Theory and Delinquency: A Replication and Extension - R. Paternoster & P. MazerolleData Analysis Exercise: An Exploration of Self-Reported Delinquency and a Look at Social Disorganization Theory PART VI: HOW DO WE EXPLAIN CRIME? THEORIES OUT OF THE 1950S, 1960S, AND 1970S THAT CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE RESEARCHSubculture of Violence Theory 20. The Subculture of Violence - M. E. Wolfgang & F. FerracutiContemporary Research 21. Racial Inequality and Homicide Rates - S. F. Messner & R. M. GoldenControl Theory 22. Causes and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency - T. HirschiContemporary Research 23. School Delinquency and The School Social Bond - P. H. JenkinsLabeling Theory 24. Labeling Criminals - E. M. SchurContemporary Research 25. Deviance on Record: Techniques for Labeling Child Abusers in Official Documents - L. Margolin PART VII: HOW DO WE EXPLAIN CRIME? THE LOYAL OPPOSITION TO CONVENTIONAL CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY Culture Conflict 26. Culture Conflict and Crime - T. Sellin Contemporary Research 27. The Code of the Streets - E. AndersonConflict Theory 28. Conflict and Criminality - A. T. TurkContemporary Research 29. A Tale of Three Cities: Labor Markets and Homicide - R. D. Crutchfield, A. Glusker & G. S. BridgesMarxist Theory 30. Crime and Structural Contradictions - W. J. ChamblissContemporary Research 31. Causes of Crime: A Radical View - M. J. Lynch & W. B. GrovesData Analysis Exercise: An Exploration to Differential Association Theory and an Exploration of Control Theory PART VIII: HOW DO WE EXPLAIN CRIME? CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL 32. A Routine Activity Approach - L.E. Cohen & M. Felson 33. A Power-Control Theory of Common Delinquent Behavior - J. Hagan, J. Simpson & A.R. Gillis 34. A Bio-Psychological Theory of Choice - J. Q. Wilson & R. Herrnstein 37. Feminist Theory, Crime, and Justice - S. S. Simpson 38. The Nature of Criminality: Low Self-Control - M. Gottfredson & T. Hirschi 39. Toward an Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control - R. Sampson & J. Laub 40. Causal Process of Control Balance Theory - C. TittlePART IX: HOW ARE CRIMES DIFFERENT? THE VARYING PATTERNS OF CRIMINALITY White-Collar Crime 41. White-Collar Criminality - E. H. Sutherland 42. The Criminal Elite - J. W. ColemanOrganized Crime 43. From Mafia to Cosa Nostra - D. R. Cressey 44. Myths and Organized Crime: Is There a Mafia, and Does It Really Matter? - D. J. Kenney & J. O. FinckenauerGangs 44. Ganging - F. Thrasher 45. The Social Organization of Street Gang Activity In An Urban Ghetto - S. VenkateshViolence 46. Historical Trends in Violent Crime: A Critical Review of the Evidence - T. R. Gurr 47. Homicide and Aggravated Assault - M. E. Wolfgang & M. ZahnDrugs and Crime 48. Drug Use and Abuse in America - S. Staley 49. The Drug Use-Delinquency Connection in Adolescence - Raskin White Data Analysis Exercises: An Exploration of Culture Conflict and Marxist Theories, Then a Look at Bio-Psychological Theory of ChoicePART X: HOW DO WE CONTROL CRIME? Crime and Social Control 50. Crime in America: Violent and Irrational- And That's Just the Policy - The Economist 51. Victim-Offender Mediation in the Italian Juvenile Justice System: The Role of the Social Worker - A. Costanza Baldry 52. Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety - J. Q. Wilson & G. L. Kelling 53. The Family Model of the Criminal Process: Reintegrative Shaming - J. Braithwaite 54. Strengthening Institutions and Rethinking the American Dream - S. F. Messner & R. Rosenfeld Data Analysis Exercises: A Brief Look at Routine Activities Theory and an Explanation of Low Self-Control Theory Index

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