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  • Advances in Criminological Theory

    Volume 1

    Edited by William S. Laufer, Freda Adler ...
    Series series Advances in Criminological Theory
    Criminology has developed strong methodological tools over the past decades, establishing itself as a competitive and sophisticated social science. Despite and perhaps because of its emphasis on matters of design, methodology, and quantitative analysis, criminology has had few significant advances in theory. Advances in Criminological Theory is the first publication exclusively dedicated to the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Origins of American Criminology

    Advances in Criminological Theory

    Edited by Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Andrew J. Myer, Freda Adler ...
    Series series Advances in Criminological Theory
    The Origins of American Criminology is an invaluable resource. Both separately and together, these essays capture the stories behind the invention of criminology's major theoretical perspectives. They preserve information that otherwise would have been lost. There is urgency to embark on this reflective task given that the generation that defined the field for the past decades is heading into ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • New Directions in Criminological Theory

    Volume 4, New Directions in Criminological Theory

    Edited by Freda Adler, William S. Laufer ...
    Series series Advances in Criminological Theory
    New Directions in Criminological Theory focuses on new approaches to theory construction, with particular emphasis on reformulations and new applications of existing paradigms. It includes an assessment of labeling theory, demonstrating how the approach could become part of a more comprehensive explanation of crime. A case is made for studying crime in terms of the social context in which crimes ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Advances in Criminological Theory

    Volume 2

    Edited by William S. Laufer, Freda Adler ...
    Series series Advances in Criminological Theory
    Criminology has developed strong methodological tools over the past decades, establishing itself as a competitive and sophisticated social science. Despite and perhaps because of its emphasis on research design, methodology, and quantitative analysis, criminology has had few significant advances in theory. This is the first publication exclusively dedicated to the dissemination of original work on ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Legacy of Anomie Theory

    Edited by Freda Adler, William S. Laufer ...
    Series series Advances in Criminological Theory
    This sixth volume of Advances in Criminological Theory is testimony to a resurgent interest in anomie-strain theory, which began in the mid- 1980s and continues unabated. Contributors focus on the new body of empirical research and theorizing that has been added to the anomie tradition that extends from Durkheim to Merton. The first section is a major, 75-page statement by Robert K. Merton, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • Anomie, Strain and Subcultural Theories of Crime

    by Joanne M. Kaufman ...
    Series series The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology
    Anomie, strain and subcultural theories are among the leading theories of crime. Anomie theories state that crime results from the failure of society to regulate adequately the behavior of individuals, particularly the efforts of individuals to achieve monetary success. Strain theories focus on the impact of strains or stressors on crime, including the inability to achieve monetary success through ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Criminological Theories

    Introduction and Evaluation

    by Ronald L. Akers ...
    In Criminological Theories, the noted criminologist Ronald Akers provides thorough description, discussion, and appraisal of the leading theories of crime/delinquent behavior and law/criminal justice - the origin and history of each theory and its contemporary developments and adherents.Akers offers a clear explanation of each theory (the central concepts and hypotheses of each theory as well as ... Read more

    $255.99 USD

  • Criminological Theory

    An Analysis of its Underlying Assumptions

    by Stuart Henry, Werner J. Einstadter ...
    Criminological Theory is an examination of the major theoretical perspectives in criminology today. Werner J. Einstadter and Stuart Henry lay bare various theorists' ideas about human nature, social structure, social order, concepts of law, crime and criminals, the logic of crime causation, and the policies and practices that follow from these premises. Material is presented and organized around ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Explaining Crime

    A Primer in Criminological Theory

    by Hugh D. Barlow, David Kauzlarich ...
    This book provides a concise but comprehensive review of the full range of classic and contemporary theories of crime. With separate chapters on the nature and use of criminological theory as well as theoretical application, the authors render the difficult task of explaining crime more understandable to the introductory student. All of the main theories in criminology are reviewed including ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Essential Criminology Reader

    by Stuart Henry ...
    Initially designed to accompany Mark Lanier and Stuart Henry's best-selling Essential Criminology textbook, this new reader is an up-to-date companion text perfect for all students of introductory criminology and criminological theory courses. The Essential Criminology Reader contains 30 original articles on current developments in criminological theory. Commissioned specifically for The Reader, ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Causes of Delinquency

    by Travis Hirschi ...
    In Causes of Delinquency, Hirschi attempts to state and test a theory of delinquency, seeing in the delinquent a person relatively free of the intimate attachments, the aspirations, and the moral beliefs that bind most people to a life within the law. In prominent alternative theories, the delinquent appears either as a frustrated striver forced into delinquency by his acceptance of the goals ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Advancing Critical Criminology

    Theory and Application

    by Shahid Alvi, Bruce A. Arrigo, Gregg Barak, Elaine Barclay, Julie Borkin, Michelle Lee Brown, Kimberly J. Cook, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Judith Grant, Stuart Henry, Pat Jobes, MaDonna Maidment, Dragan Milovanovic, Stephen L. Muzzatti, Chris Powell, Martin D. Schwartz ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Crime and Inequality
    Advancing Critical Criminology constitutes a timely addition to the growing body of knowledge on critical criminology scholarship. DeKeseredy and Perry have assembled a volume that provides scholars with an in-depth review of the extant literature on several major branches of criminology as well as examples of how critical criminologists apply their theoretical perspectives to substantive topics, ... Read more

    $44.99 USD