| Description |
300 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to criminological theory -- What is theory? -- Types of criminological theories -- Criteria for evaluating theory -- 2. Detterence and rational choice theories -- Classical criminology and the deterrence doctorine -- Modern detterence theory -- Rational choice theory -- Routine activities theory -- 3. Biological and psychological theories -- Introduction -- Lombroso and early biological theories -- Modern biological theories of crime and delinquency -- Empirical validity of biological theories of criminal behavior -- Psychoanalytic theory -- Personality theory -- 4. Social learning theory -- Introduction -- Sutherland's differential association theory -- Akers' social learning theory -- Empirical validity of social learning theory -- 5. Social bonding and control theories -- Introduction -- Early control theories -- Hirschi's social bonding theory -- Gottfredson and Hirschi : self-control theory -- 6. Labelling theory -- Introduction -- Labeling as a process of symbolic social interaction -- The label as an independent varible in crime and deviance -- Empirical evidence on labeling theory -- Developments and modifications in labeling theory -- The past and future of labeling theory -- 7.Social disorganization, anomie and strain theories -- Introduction -- Social disorganization and the urban ecology of crime and delinquency -- Anomie/strain theory -- Research and anomie/strain theory -- Agnew's general strain theory of crime and deliquency -- |
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8. Conflict theory -- Introduction -- Consensus and functionalist theories of law -- Conflict theory of law and criminal justice -- Empirical validity of consensus and conflict -- Theories of law and criminal justice -- Conflict theory of criminal behavior -- Empirical validity of conflict theory of criminal behavior -- 9. Marxist and critical theories -- Marxist theory -- Marxist theory of law and criminal justice -- Empirical adequacy of Marxist theory of law and justice -- Marxist theory of crime -- Critical criminology -- 10. Feminist theories -- Introduction -- Feminist theory of criminal justice -- Empirical validity of feminist theory of criminal justice -- Feminist theories of crime -- Empirical validity of feminist theory -- 11. Integrating criminological theories -- Theory competition versus theory integration -- Conceptual integration -- Propositional integration -- How successful has theoretical integration been in criminology? |
| Subject |
Criminology.
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Crime -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Akers, Ronald Louis
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| LC no. |
00001454 |
| ISBN |
1579581684 : |
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