The criminology theory reader

de Stuart Henry, Werner J. Einstadter

1. Inventing criminology: The "science of man" in Cesare Beccaria's Dei delitti e delle pene (1764 -- 2. Understanding crime displacement: an application of rational choice theory -- 3. Causes of white-collar crime -- 4. Criminal anthropology in the United States -- 5. Biological perspectives in criminology -- 6. Are some people crime-prone? Replications of the personality-crime relationship across countries, genders, races, and methods. -- 7. Routine activities and crime prevention in the developing metropolis -- 8. Deviant places: a theory of the ecology of crime -- 9. Social disorganizations and theories of crime and delinquency: problems and prospects -- 10. Foundations for a general strain theory of crime and delinquency. 11. Homeboys, dope fiends, legits, and new jacks -- 12. The stooper: a professional thief in the Sutherland manner -- 13. Is differential association/social learning cultural deviance theory? --^ 14. Denying the guilty mind: accounting for involvement in a white-collar crime -- 15. The misplaced role of rational choice in neutralization theory -- 16. Social control theories of delinquency: direct parental controls -- 17. Organizational offending and neoclassical ciminology: challenging the reach of a general theory of crime -- 18. The process of ciminalization: the case of computer crime laws -- 19. Overcoming the crisis in critical criminology: toward a grounded labeling theory -- 20. State-organized crime -- 21. Corporations, organized crime, and hazardous waste disposal: making a criminogenic regulatory structure. 22. Caste, class, and violent crime: explaining difference in female offending -- 23. A theory of homicidal behavior among women -- 24. Postmodern thought and criminological discontent: new metaphors for understanding violence -- 25. Constitutive criminology: the maturation of critical theory --^ 26. The new penology: notes on the emerging strategy of corrections and its implications -- 27. Toward an interactional theory of delinquency -- 28. Turning points in the life course: why change matters to the study of crime -- 29. A general paradigm for understanding criminal behavior: extending evolutionary ecological theory.