'For any criminologist looking to make sense of recent developments in the field, this is the go-to book. In essays by leading specialists, it provides the latest updates on traditional theories whilst charting new directions. It also offers intepretive frameworks for criminology's current flux and fragmentation and closely examines relationships among theory, policy, and criminal justice practice. Invaluable and indispensible!'- Nicole Rafter, Professor, Northeastern UniversityThe SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory re-centres theory in the boldest, most thought-provoking form possible within the criminological enterprise. Written by a team of internationally respected specialists, it provides readers with a clear overview of criminological theory, enabling them to reflect critically upon the variety of theoretical positions - traditional, emergent and desirable - that are constitutive of the discipline at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Each chapter has been specially commissioned to include the following:A brief historical overview of the theoretical perspective Core ideas and key associated conceptsA critical review of the contemporary status of the perspectiveReflections on future developmentsIn addition the Handbook features a substantive introduction by the editors, providing a review of the development of criminological theory, the state of contemporary criminological theory and emergent issues and debates. The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory is an indispensable international resource for libraries and scholars of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.
Introduction - Eugene McLaughlin and Tim Newburn PART ONE: CONTEMPORARY CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY Genetics and Crime - Laura A Baker, Catherine Tuvblad and Adrian Raine Individual Differences and Offending - Darrick Jolliffe and David P Farrington Social Learning Theory - Ronald L Akers and Gary F Jensen Process and Structure in Criminal and Deviant Behavior Street Collectives and Group Delinquency - Simon Hallsworth and Tara Young Social Disorganization, Subcultures and beyond Strain Theories - Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina Control Theories - Ray Paternoster and Ronet Bachman Labelling, Social Reaction and Social Constructionism - John Muncie Critical Criminology - Eugene McLaughlin Integrative Criminology - Gregg Barak Realist Criminology Revisited - Roger Matthews Routine Activities - Sharon Chamard Feminist Perspectives in Criminology: A Review with Gen Y in Mind - Kathleen Daly PART TWO: NEW DIRECTIONS Life-Course and Developmental Theories in Criminology - David P Farrington Crime Science - Ronald V Clarke Psychosocial Criminology - Tony Jefferson Cultural Criminology - Jeff Ferrell The Loose Can[n]on Governmental Criminology - Pat O'Malley New Institutionalism in Criminology - Susanne Karstedt Approaches, Theories and Themes Defiance, Compliance and Consilience - Lawrence W Sherman A General Theory of Criminology A Vision of Race, Crime and Justice through the Lens of Critical Race Theory - Lee E Ross A Green Criminology Perspective - Rob White Global Criminology - Katja Franko Aas Penology - Michael Cavadino Approaches to Victims and Victimization - Paul Rock News Media Criminology - Chris Greer
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