Craft of Criminology

Travis Hirschi is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Arizona, USA. He is past president of the American Society of Criminology and winner of its Edwin H. Sutherland Award. His works include Delinquency Research, Causes of Delinquency, and Generality of Deviance. John H. Laub is professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is also an affiliated scholar at the Henry A. Murray Center at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, USA.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: The Life and Work of Travis Hirschi Part 1: Methodological Issues 1. Principles of Causal Analysis Travis Hirschi and Hanan C. Selvin 2. False Criteria of Causality in Delinquency Research Travis Hirschi and Hanan C. Selvin 3. Procedural Rules and the Study of Deviant Behavior Travis Hirschi 4. The Methodological Adequacy of Longitudinal Research on Crime Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi Part 2: Causes and Correlates of Crime and Delinquency 5. A Control Theory of Delinquency Travis Hirschi 6. Hellfire and Delinquency Travis Hirschi and Rodney Stark 7. Causes and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency Travis Hirschi 8. Intelligence and Delinquency: A Revisionist Review Travis Hirschi and Michael J. Hindelang 9. Age and the Explanation of Crime 143 Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson 10. Family Structure and Crime 167 Travis Hirschi Part 3: A General Theory of Crime 11. The Distinction between Crime and Criminality Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson 12. The Generality of Deviance Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson 13. Causes of White-Collar Crime Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson 14. Control Theory and the Life-Course Perspective Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson Part 4: Critiques and Policy Proposals 15. Separate and Unequal is Better Travis Hirschi 16. The True Value of Lambda Would Appear to be Zero: An Essay on Career Criminals, Criminal Careers, Selective Incapacitation, Cohort Studies, and Related Topics Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi 17. Rethinking the Juvenile Justice System Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson 18. National Crime Control Policies Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi References Appendix A: Publications by Travis Hirschi Index