The handbook of criminological theory / edited by Alex R. Piquero

Introduction: Theory and Contemporary Criminology / Charles R. Tittle -- Correlates of Crime / Matt DeLisi and Michael G. Vaughn -- Theory Testing In Criminology / Travis C. Pratt -- Deterrence / Thomas A. Loughran, Ray Paternoster, and Douglas B. Weiss -- Contemporary Biosocial Criminology: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2000-2012 / J.C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver -- A Developmental Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking and Criminal Behavior / Elizabeth Cauffman, Caitlin Cavanagh, Sachiko Donley, and April Gile Thomas -- Social Disorganization Theory's Greatest Challenge: Linking Structural Characteristics to Crime in Socially Disorganized Communities / Charis E. Kubrin and James C. Wo -- Routine Activities, Delinquency, and Youth Convergences / Jose R. Agustina and Marcus Felson -- Environmental Criminology / Aiden Sidebottom and Richard Wortley -- Control as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency / Chester L. Britt and Michael Rocque -- Strain, Economic Status, and Crime / Robert Agnew -- Social Learning Theory / Ronald L. Akers and Wesley G. Jennings -- Cultural Processes, Social Order, and Criminology / Mark T. Berg, Eric A. Sevell, and Eric A. Stewart -- Labeling Theory: Past, Present, and Future / Ruth Triplett and Lindsey Upton -- Feminist Theory / Joanne Belknap -- Critical Criminology / Martin D. Schwartz and Henry H. Brownstein -- Integrating Criminological Theories / Marv Krohn and Jeffrey T. Ward -- Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Crime / Tara Renae McGee and David P. Farrington -- Biosocial Bases of Antisocial and Criminal Behavior / Frances R. Chen, Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Sharon Niv, Jill Portnoy, Robert Schug, Yaling Yang, and Adrian Raine -- From Theory to Policy and Back Again / Scott H. Decker -- How Do Criminologists Interpret Statistical Explanation of Crime? A Review of Quantitative Modeling in Published Studies / David Weisburd, Breanne Cave, and Alex R. Piquero -- Situational Theory: The Importance of Interactions and Action Mechanisms in the Explanation of Crime / Per-Olof H. Wikstrom and Kyle Treiber -- Macro-Level Theory: A Critical Component of Criminological Exploration / Eric P. Baumer and Ashley N. Arnio -- What International Research Has Told Us About Criminological Theory / Olena Antonaccio and Ekaterina V. Botchkovar -- Qualitative Criminology's Contributions to Theory / Andy Hochstetler and Heith Copes

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"Provides up-to-date, in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology, from classic deterrence theory and social disorganization to modern labeling theory and integrated theory"-- Provided by publisher