Essential Criminology Reader

Mark Lanier is professor and chair of the department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama. He is the author or editor of multiple books on crime, including The Essential Criminology Reader (with Stuart Henry). Stuart Henry is professor of criminal justice and director of the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University and visiting professor of criminology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England. He is the author of more than twenty books including the classic The Hidden Economy.

• 1. Classical and Rational Choice Theories * 1.1 Free Will and Determinism? Reading Beccarias Of Crimes and Punishments (1764) as a Text of Enlightenment, by Piers Beirne * 1.2 Rational and Situational Choice Theory, by Derek B Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke 2. Biological and Biosocial Theories * 2.1 Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Criminology: Rethinking Criminological Tradition, by Nicole Rafter * 2.2 Integrating Findings from Neurobiology into Criminological Thought: Issues, Solutions, and Implications, by Diana Fishbein 3. Psychological Theories * 3.1 Forty Years of the Yochelson/Samenow Work: A Perspective, by Stanton E. Samenow * 3.2 Contributions of Community Psychology to Criminal Justice: Prevention Research and Intervention, by Sarah Livsey and William S. Davidson II 4. Social Learning and Neutralization Theories * 4.1 Social Learning Theory: Correcting Misconceptions, by Christine S. Sellers and Ronald L. Akers * 4.2 Techniques of Neutralization, by W. William Minor 5. Social Control Theories * 5.1 Social Control and Self-Control Theory, by Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson * 5.2 Social Control Theory and Direct Parental Controls, by Joseph H. Rankin and L. Edward Wells 6. Social Ecology and Subcultural Theories * 6.1 Social Ecology and Collective Efficacy Theory, by Robert J. Sampson * 6.2 Gangs as Social Actors, by John M. Hagedorn 7. Anomie and Strain Theories * 7.1 General Strain Theory, by Robert Agnew * 7.2 The Origins, Nature, and Prospects of Institutional-Anomie Theory, by Richard Rosenfeld and Steven F. Messner * 7.3 Global Anomie Theory, by Nikos Passas 8. Conflict and Radical Theories * 8.1 Criminology and Conflict Theory, by Austin T. Turk * 8.2 The New Radical Criminology and the Same Old Criticisms, by Michael J. Lynch and Paul B. Stretesky 9. Feminist and Gender Theories * 9.1 Feminist Thinking About Crime, by Kathleen Daly * 9.2 Masculinities and Theoretical Criminology, by James W. Messerschmidt 10. Postmodernist and Critical Culture Theory * 10.1 Postmodernist Theory and Criminology, by Bruce Arrigo * 10.2 Edgework: Negotiating Boundaries, by Dragan Milovanovic * 10.3 Cultural Criminology, by Jeff Ferrell 11. Anarchist, Peacemaking, and Restorative Justice Theories * 11.1 Needs-Based Anarchist Criminology, by Larry Tifft and Dennis Sullivan * 11.2 Peacemaking, by Hal Pepinsky * 11.3 Reintegrational Shaming, by John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite, and Eliza Ahmed 12. Left Realist Theory * 12.1 Inequality, Community, and Crime, by Elliott Currie * 12.2 Left Realist Theory, by Walter DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz 13. Integrative Theories * 13.1 The Integrated Systems Theory of Antisocial Behavior, by Matthew Robinson * 13.2 Applying Integrated Theory: A Reciprocal Theory of Violence and Nonviolence, by Gregg Barak * 13.3 Criminologist as Witness, by Richard Quinney