Criminological Theory

Werner J. Einstadter is professor emeritus of criminology and sociology at Eastern Michigan University. He has published works on robbery, critical theory, privacy and corrections. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Einstadter held a number of positions in correctional settings.Stuart Henry is a professor of criminology and Director of the School of Public Administration and Urban Studies at San Diego State University. Previously he was Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at Wayne State University. His twenty two books include,Constitutive Criminology (with Dragan Milovanovic), and (with Mark Lanier) What is Crime? (2001),Essential Criminology(2004), andThe Essential Criminology Reader. He serves on the editorial boards ofTheoretical Criminology andCritical Criminology and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Integrative Studies.

• Chapter 1 The Theoretical FrameworkChapter 2 Demonological Theories: Pagan and Theological Ideas About CrimeChapter 3 Classical and Postclassical Rational Choice TheoriesChapter 4 Individual Positivism I: Biological Theories Chapter 5 Individual Positivism II: Personality TheoriesChapter 6 Sociological Positivism I: Social Ecology TheoriesChapter 7 Sociological Positivism II: Strain and Subcultural TheoriesChapter 8 Social Process Theories I: Learning, Bonding, and Social ControlChapter 9 Social Process Theories II: Interactionism, Labeling, and Social Constructionism Chapter 10 Critical Criminologies I: Conflict, Anarchist, and Marxist TheoriesChapter 11 Critical Criminologies II: Feminist TheoriesChapter 12 Critical Criminologies III: Postmodernist TheoriesChapter 13 Fission or Fusion?