Criminology

Anthony Walsh, is a professor of criminology at Boise State University. He received his PhD from Bowling Green State University at the ripe old age of 43. He has field experience in law enforcement and corrections and is the author of more than 150 journal articles and book chapters and 41 books, including Biology and Criminology; Feminist Criminology Through a Biosocial Lens; Law, Justice, and Society (with Hemmens); Correctional Assessment, Casework, and Counseling (with Stohr); The Neurobiology of Criminal Behavior: Gene-Brain-Culture Interaction (with Bolen, Ashgate); Corrections: The Essentials (with Stohr); The Science Wars: The Politics of Gender and Race; Criminological Theory: Assessing Philosophical Assumptions; Biosociology: Bridging the Biology-Sociology Divide; Criminology: The Essentials (with Jorgensen); and Answering Atheists: How Science Points to God and the Benefits of Christianity. His interests include biosocial criminology, statistics, and criminal justice assessment and counseling.Lee Ellis received his Ph.D. from Florida State University, Tallahassee, and is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Minot State University. Main courses taught by Dr. Ellis include social research methods, criminology, social stratification, anthropology, and sociobiology.

• PrefaceForewordAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Criminology, Crime, And Criminal LawWhat Is Criminology?What Is Crime?Crime as a Moving TargetCrime as a Subcategory of Social HarmsBeyond Social Construction: The Stationary Core CrimesBox 1.1 Mala in Se or Mala Prohibita? The Cannibal and His Willing VictimVictimful and Victimless CrimesThe Felony-Misdemeanor DistinctionCriminalityThe Legal Making of a CriminalAn Excursion Through the U.S. Criminal Justice SystemThe Role of Theory in CriminologyThe Classical SchoolChapter 2: Measuring Crime And Criminal BehaviorCategorizing and Measuring Crime and Criminal BehaviorThe Dark Figure of Crime RevisitedBox 2.1 The Crime Problem or the Criminality Problem?The Financial Cost of CrimeInterpreting Crime TrendsBox 2.2 Is the United States Hard or Soft on Crime?SummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 3: The Early Schools Of Criminology And Modern CounterpartsThe Classical ScholarsThe Rise of PositivismBox 3.1 Lombrosoism Before and After LombrosoNeoclassicism: Rational Choice TheoryConnecting Criminological Theory and Social PolicySummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 4: Social Structural TheoriesThe Social Structural TraditionSociological PositivismBox 4.1 People Versus Places: Do Neighborhoods Matter?Subcultural TheoriesBox 4.2 Does Poverty Cause Crime, or Does Crime Cause Poverty?Youth GangsEvaluation of Social Structural TheoriesPolicy and Prevention: Implications of Social Structural TheoriesSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 5: Social Process TheoriesThe Social Process TraditionSocial Control TheoriesBox 5.1 Self-Esteem and CrimeEvaluation of Social Process TheoriesPolicy and Prevention: Implications of Social Process TheoriesSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 6: Critical Theories: Marxist, Conflict, And FeministThe Conflict Perspective of SocietyConflict Theory: Max Weber, Power and ConflictBox 6.1 The Supreme Court and Class ConflictFeminist CriminologyEvaluation of Critical TheoriesPolicy and Prevention: Implications of Critical TheoriesSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 7: Psychosocial Theories: Individual Traits And Criminal BehaviorModern Psychology and IntelligenceBox 7.1 The Impact of High and Low IQ on Life OutcomesThe Role of TemperamentModern Psychosocial TheoriesThe Antisocial PersonalitiesEvaluation of the Psychosocial PerspectivePolicy and Prevention: Implications of Psychosocial TheoriesSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 8: Biosocial ApproachesBehavior GeneticsBox 8.1 Gene-Environment Interaction: MAO, Abuse/Neglect, and CrimeEvolutionary PsychologyThe Neurohormonal SciencesEvaluation of the Biosocial PerspectivePolicy and Prevention: Implications of Biosocial TheoriesSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 9: Developmental Theories: From Delinquency To Crime To DesistanceJuvenile DelinquencyBox 9.1 What Role Do Genes Play in Juvenile Delinquency?Major Developmental TheoriesEvaluation of Development TheoriesBox 9.2 Summary of Key Points, Strengths, and Differences of Developmental TheoriesPolicy and Prevention: Implications of Development TheoriesSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsChapter 10: Altered Minds And Crime: Alcohol, Drugs, And Mental IllnessThe Scope of the Alcohol/Crime ProblemIllegal Drugs and CrimeBox 10.1 Treatment Modalities for Substance Abuse in the Criminal Justice SystemBox 10.2 Portrait of a SchizophrenicSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey TermsChapter 11: Crimes of ViolenceMurderRape and RapistsBox 11.1 Characteristics of RapistsRobbery and RobbersAggravated AssaultExplaining Violence Sociologically: The Subculture of Violence ThesisEvolutionary Considerations:What Is Violence For?Box 11.2 Evolutionary Considerations of Inequality and ViolenceSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey TermsChapter 12: Serial, Mass, and Spree MurderWhat Is Multiple Murder?Box 12.1 Recent Long-Term Serial Killers: The Green River and BTK CasesTheories About the Causes of Serial KillingLaw Enforcement’s Response to Serial KillingBox 12.2 The First Serial Killer Profile: Jack the RipperSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey TermsChapter 13: Terrorism and TerroristsTerrorism DefinedWhy Terrorism?Is There a Difference Between Terrorists and Freedom Fighters?The Extent of TerrorismTerrorism and Common CrimeSome Important Terrorist GroupsBox 13.1 The Irish Republican Army: A Decommissioned Group?Terrorism in the United StatesTheories About the Causes of TerrorismIs There a Terrorist Personality?Becoming a TerroristLaw Enforcement Response and Government PolicySummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey TermsChapter 14: Property And Public Order CrimesLarceny-TheftBurglaryMotor Vehicle TheftBox 14.1 Carjacking: MV Theft With an AttitudeArsonCrimes of Guile and DeceitCybercrime: Oh What a Tangled World Wide Web We WeaveBox 14.2 Phishing: “If It’s Too Good to Be True . . .”Public-Order OffensesSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey TermsChapter 15: White-Collar And Organized CrimeThe Concept of White-Collar CrimeCorporate CrimeBox 15.1 Crimes of America’s Rich and Famous in HistoryOrganized CrimeBox 15.2 The Mafia: The Sicilian Origins and HistoryTheories About the Causes of Organized CrimeLaw Enforcement’s Response to Organized CrimeSummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey TermsChapter 16: Victimology: Exploring The Experience Of VictimizationThe Emergence of VictimologyWho Gets Victimized?Victimization in the Workplace and SchoolChild Molestation:Who Gets Victimized?Victimization TheoriesThe Consequences of VictimizationBox 16.1 A Case of Cybervictimization and Its ConsequencesVictimization and the Criminal Justice SystemBox 16.2 Victims’ Opinions of the Importance of Victims’ RightsVictim-Offender Reconciliation Programs (VORPS)SummaryExercises and Discussion QuestionsKey WordsGlossaryAuthor IndexSubject IndexAbout the Authors

"I find that Walsh’s text is a great value for the price in that it encompasses a number of criminal justice topics, a strong theoretical discussion, and dedicates chapters to the integrated approach of criminology. [It also features] an interdisciplinary approach that integrates rather than separates the theories [and] a comprehensive student study site that challenges the student to move beyond the classroom and textbook."