Criminological theory: past to present : essential readings

INTRODUCTION: Understanding Criminological Theory: A Guide for Readers, Francis T. Cullen, Robert Agnew, and Pamela Wilcox

SECTION 1: THE RISE AND GROWTH OF AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGY

Part I: The Origins of Modern Criminology

1: An Essay on Crimes and Punishments / Cesare Beccaria

2: The Criminal Man / Cesare Lombroso

Part II: The Chicago School: The City, Social Disorganization, and Crime

3: Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas / Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay

4: Collective Efficacy and Crime / Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush, and Felton Earls

5: Legal Cynicism and Crime / David S. Kirk and Andrew V. Papachristos

Part III: Learning to Be a Criminal: Differential Association, Subcultural, and Social Learning Theories

6: A Theory of Differential Association / Edwin H. Sutherland and Donald R. Cressey

7: A Social Learning Theory of Crime / Ronald L. Akers

8: The Code of the Street / Elijah Anderson

Part IV: Anomie/Strain Theories of Crime

9: Social Structure and Anomie / Robert K. Merton

10: Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang / Albert K. Cohen

11: Crime and the American Dream / Richard Rosenfeld and Steven F. Messner

12: Pressured Into Crime: General Strain Theory / Robert S. Agnew

Part V: Varieties of Control Theory

13: Techniques of Neutralization / Gresham M. Sykes and David Matza

14: Social Bond Theory / Travis Hirschi

15: A General Theory of Crime / Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi

SECTION 2: RETHINKING CRIMINOLOGY

Part VI: Labeling Theory: Societal Reaction and the Creation of Criminals

16: Crime, Shame, and Reintegration / John Braithwaite

17: Defiance Theory / Lawrence W. Sherman

18: Making Good / Shadd Maruna

Part VII: Critical Criminology: Power, Peace, and Crime

19: Criminality and Economic Conditions / Willem Bonger

20: Crime in a Market Society / Elliott Currie

21: Crime and Coercion / Mark Colvin

Part VIII: Feminist Theories: Gender, Power, and Crime

22: Sisters in Crime / Freda Adler

23: A Feminist Theory of Female Delinquency / Meda Chesney-Lind

24: Masculinities and Crime / James W. Messerschmidt

25: Getting Played / Jody Miller

Part IX: Theories of White-Collar Crime

26: White-Collar Criminality / Edwin H. Sutherland

27: Denying the Guilty Mind / Michael L. Benson

SECTION 3: CHOICE, OPPORTUNITY, AND CRIME

Part X: Reviving Classical Theory: Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories

28: Reconceptualizing Deterrence Theory / Mark C. Stafford and Mark Warr

29: Crime as a Rational Choice / Derek B. Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke

30: Armed Robbers in Action / Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker

Part XI: Environmental Criminology

31: Routine Activity Theory / Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson

32: The Theory of Target Search / Paul J. Brantingham and Patricia L. Brantingham

33: Defensible Space / Oscar Newman

34: Multilevel Criminal / Pamela Wilcox, Brooke Miller Gialopsos, and Kenneth C. Land

SECTION 4: DEVELOPMENT AND CRIME ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE

Part XII: Growing Up Criminal: Trait and Biosocial Theories

35: Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency / Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor Glueck

36: Biology and Crime / Melissa Peskin, Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Anna Rudo-Hutt, Yaling Yang, and Adrian Raine

37: Personality and Crime: Are Some People Crime Prone? / Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E: Moffitt, Phil A. Silva, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Robert F. Krueger, and Pamela S. Schmutte

Part XIII: Getting Into and Out of Crime: Life-Course Theories

38: Pathways in the Life Course to Crime / Terrie E. Moffitt

39: A Theory of Persistent Offending and Desistance from Crime / John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson

40: The Feared Self: An Identity Theory of Desistance / Raymond Paternoster and Shawn Bushway

SECTION 5: CONTEMPORARY CRIMINOLOGY

Part XIV: Positive Criminology

41: Social Support and Crime / Francis T. Cullen

42: Social Concern and Crime / Robert Agnew

Part XV: How Black Lives Matter: Theoretical Developments

43: A Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality / Robert J. Sampson and William Julius Wilson

44: Imprisoned Communities: Coerced Mobility Theory / Todd C. Clear

45: A Theory of African American Offending / James D. Unnever and Shaun L. Gabbidon

Part XVI: Pulling It All Together: Integrated Theories of Crime

46: Why Criminals Offend: A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency / Robert Agnew

47: Situational Action Theory / Per-Olof H. Wikstrom

Part XVII: Putting Theory to Work: Guiding Crime Control Policy

48: Broken Windows / James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling

49: Situational Crime Prevention / Ronald V. Clarke

50: Saving Children from a Life in Crime / David Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh