Introduction to Criminology by Walsh, Anthony; Hemmens, Craig T. (Thomas);

Short description:

An interdisciplinary introductory text to Criminology that includes readings and extra material on the accompanying student website.

Long description:

This uniquely comprehensive book provides instructors and students the best of both worlds - a text with carefully selected accompanying readings.

Each Section has a 15p. introduction (a "mini-chapter) that contains vignettes, photos, tables and graphs, end of chapter questions and Web-exercises and is followed by 3-4 supporting readings.

The theory Section introductions will end with a concluding sub-section that focuses on policy and crime prevention.

The theory Sections contain a unique table that compares and contrasts the theories presented in that Section.

A "How to Read a Research Article" guide for students appears after the book's Introduction in Section 1, prior to the first reading. The guide refers students to portions of the first reading to illustrate key aspects of a research article.

The readings are carefully selected, edited journal articles appropriate for an undergraduate audience. Additional readings will be found on the accompanying Study Site.

Full ancillary package with IR CD for instructors and a comprehensive study site for students.

Table of Contents:

SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF CRIME AND CRIMINOLOGY
Introduction
What is Criminology
What is Crime?
Crime as a Moving Target
Crime as a Subcategory of Social Harms
Beyond Social Construction: The Stationary Core Crimes
Criminality
A Short History of Criminology
The Role of Theory in Criminology
A Brief Word About the Section Readings, Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
How to Read a Research Article
Readings
The Use and Usefulness of Criminology, 1751-2005: Enlightened Justice and Its Failures by Lawrence Sherman
SECTION TWO: MEASURING CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Introduction
Categorizing and Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior
The Uniform Crime Reports: Counting Crime Officially
NIBRS: The "New and Improved" UCR
Crime Victimization Survey Data and Their Problems
Areas of Agreement Between the UCR and NCVS
Self-Reported Crime Surveys and Their Problems
What Can We Conclude About the Three Main Measures of Crime in America?
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Gender Gap Trends for Violent Crimes, 1980 to 2003: A UCR-NCVS Comparison by Darrel Steffensmeier, et. al.
Race and the Probability of Arrest by Stewart D'Alessio and Lisa Stolzenberg
Methamphetamine Use, Self-Reported Violent Crime, and Recidivism Among Offenders in California Who Abuse Substances by Jerome Cartier, et. al.
SECTION THREE: THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF CRIMINOLOGY AND MODERN COUNTERPARTS
Introduction
The Classical School
The Rise of Positivism?
Neoclassicism: Rational Choice Theory
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham
A Crying Shame: The Over-Rationalized Conception of Man in the Rational Choice Perspective
The Economics of Crime by Gary S. Becker
SECTION FOUR: SOCIAL STRUCTURAL THEORIES
Introduction
The Social Structural Tradition
The Chicago School of Ecology
The Anomie/Strain Tradition
Subcultural Theories
Walter Miller's Focal Concerns
Gangs Today
Policy and Prevention: Implications of Social Structural Theories
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Community Correlates of Rural Youth Violence by D. Wayne Osgood and Jeff M. Chambers
Social Structure and Anomie by Robert K. Merton
Gangs and Social Change by Martin Sánchez-Jankowski
SECTION FIVE: SOCIAL PROCESS THEORIES
Introduction
Differential Association Theory
Ronald Akers' Social Learning Theory
Social Control Theories
Gottfredson and Hirschi's Low Self-Control Theory
Labeling Theory: The Irony of Social Reaction
Sykes and Matza's Neutralization Theory
Evaluation of Social Process Theories
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Social Learning Theory by Ronald L. Akers
The Nature of Criminality: Low Self-Control by Michael R Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi
Social Control in China: Applications of the Labeling Theory and the Reintegrative Shaming Theory by Xiaoming Chen
Gender and Crime Among Felony Offenders: Assessing the Generality of Social Control and Differential Association Theories by Leanne Fiftal Alarid, et. al.
SECTION SIX: CRITICAL THEORIES: MARXIST, CONFLICT, AND FEMINIST
Introduction
The Conflict Perspective of Society
Karl Marx and Revolution
Willem Bonger: The First Marxist Criminologist
Modern Marxist Criminology
Conflict Theory: Max Weber, Power, and Conflict
Situating Conflict Theory in Relation to Marxist and Labeling Theory
Peacemaking Criminology
Feminist Criminology
Anne Campbell's Staying Alive Hypothesis
Evaluation of Critical Theories
Policy and Prevention: Implications of Critical Theories
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Marx, Engels, and Bonger on Crime and Social Control by Ian Taylor, et. al.
Crime, Punishment, and the American Dream: Toward a Marxist Integration by Barbara A. Sims
Patriarchy, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Criminology in an Era of Backlash by Meda Chesney-Lind
SECTION SEVEN: PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORIES: INDIVIDUAL TRAITS AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Introduction
The IQ/Crime Connection
Temperament and Personality
Conscience and Arousal
Glen Walters's Lifestyle Theory
The Antisocial Personalities
Evaluation of the Psychosocial Perspective
Policy and Prevention: Implications of Psychosocial Theories
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Feeble-Mindedness by H. H. Goddard
Temperament, Environment, and Antisocial Behavior in a Population Sample of Preadolescent Boys and Girls by René Veenstra, et. al.
Psychopathy: Theory, Measurement, and Treatment by Ahn Vien and Anthony R. Beech
SECTION EIGHT: BIOSOCIAL APPROACHES
Introduction
Behavior Genetics
Gene/Environment Interaction and Correlation
Behavior Genetics and Criminal Behavior
Evolutionary Psychology
The Evolution of Criminal Traits
The Neurosciences
Reward Dominance and Prefrontal Dysfunction Theories
Evaluation of the Biosocial Perspective
Policy and Prevention: Implications of Biosocial Theories
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Behavior Genetics and Anomie/Strain Theory by Anthony Walsh
Neuroimaging Studies of Aggressive and Violent Behavior: Current Findings and Implications for Criminology and Criminal Justice by Jana L. Bufkin and Vickie R. Luttrell
A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality by Lee Ellis
SECTION NINE: Developmental Theories: From Delinquency to Crime to Desistance
Introduction
Risk and Protective Factors for Serious Delinquency
Major Developmental Theories
Evaluation of Developmental Theories
Policy and Prevention: Implications of Developmental Theories
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Reactive Versus Proactive Antisocial Behavior: Differential Correlates of Child ADHD Symptoms? by David Bennett, et. al.
The Adolescence-Limited/Life-Course Persistent Theory Antisocial Behavior: What Have We Learned? by Terrie E. Moffitt and Anthony Walsh
Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor Glueck
A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime by Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub
SECTION TEN: VIOLENT CRIMES
Introduction
Murder
Forcible Rape
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Mass, Spree, and Serial Murder
A Typology of Serial Killers
What Causes Serial Killing?
Terrorism
Domestic Violence
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Stick-Up, Street Culture, and Offender Motivation by Bruce A. Jacobs and Richard Wright
African Americans and Serial Killing in the Media: The Myth and the Reality by Anthony Walsh
The Terrorist Mind I: A Psychological and Political Analysis by Laurence Miller
SECTION ELEVEN: PROPERTY CRIME
Introduction
Larceny/Theft
Burglary
Motor Vehicle Theft
Arson
Crimes of Guile and Deceit: Embezzlement, Fraud, and Forgery/Counterfeiting
Cybercrime: Oh What a Tangled World Wide Web We Weave
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Sneaky Thrills by Jack Katz
Searching a Dwelling: Deterrence and the Undeterred Residential Burglar by Richard Wright
The Novelty of "Cybercrime": An Assessment in Light of Routine Activity Theory by Majid Yar
SECTION TWELVE: PUBLIC ORDER CRIME
Introduction
The Scope of the Alcohol/Crime Problem
The Effects of Alcohol and Context on Behavior
Alcoholism: Type I and Type II
Illegal Drugs and Crime
Prostitution and Commercialized Vice
Driving Under the Influence
Gambling
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Alcohol Problems and the Differentiation of Partner, Stranger, and General Violence by Rosemary Cogan and Bud C. Ballinger III
The Association Between Multiple Drug Misuse and Crime by Trevor Bennett and Katy Holloway
Juveniles' Motivations for Remaining in Prostitution bv Shu-ling Hwang and Olwen Bedford
SECTION THIRTEEN: WHITE-COLLAR AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Introduction
The Concept of White-Collar Crime
Occupational Crime
Causes of Occupational White-Collar Crime: Are They Different?
Corporate Crime
Organized Crime
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
Criminal Thinking and Identity in Male White-Collar Offenders by Glen D. Walters and Matthew D. Geyer
The Causes of Organized Crime: Do Criminals Organize Around Opportunities for Crime or Do Criminal Opportunities Create New Offenders? by Jay S. Albanese
State Failure, Economic Failure, and Predatory Organized Crime: A Comparative Analysis by Hung-En Sung
SECTION FOURTEEN: VICTIMOLOGY: EXPLORING THE VICTIMIZATION EXPERIENCE
Introduction
The Emergence of Victimology
Who Gets Victimized?
Victimization in the Workplace and School
Child Molestation: Who Gets Victimized?
Victimization Theories
Is Victimology "Blaming the Victim?"
The Consequences of Victimization
Victimization and the Criminal Justice System
Summary, Exercises and Discussion Questions, Useful Web Sites, Chapter Glossary
Readings
The Criminal and His Victim by Hans von Hentig
Violent Victimization as a Risk Factor for Violent Offending Among Juveniles by Jennifer N. Shaffer and R. Barry Ruback
Victimological Developments in the World During the Past Three Decades (I): A Study of Comparative Victimology by Hans Joachim Schneider
Victimological Developments in the World During the Past Three Decades (II): A Study of Comparative Victimology by Hans Joachim Schneider