NCJ Number
173759
Editor(s)
M McShane,
F P Williams P,
Date Published
1997
Length
318 pages
Annotation
Articles in this volume are designed to cover a wide range of theoretical concepts in criminology, from the normalcy of crime to the cycle of crime, and selected works include strain theory, Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime, interactional theory, female criminality, juvenile delinquency, white-collar crime, and data collection and analysis techniques.
Abstract
The combination of adapting old theories and proposing new ones is exemplified by most of the articles. An effort is made to translate theoretical knowledge into practice and policy and to provide empirical evidence in support of theoretical concepts. The first five articles explore the foundation for a general strain theory of crime and delinquency; criminology and the science of man; paradoxes of criminological theory as related to poverty, power, and white-collar crime; the operationalization of strain theory, rival theories, and adult criminality; and theories of the normalcy of crime. Subsequent articles examine prospects for causal theory in criminology, social area influences on delinquency, empirical implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime, subcultural preferences and status attainments and the risks and rewards of youth, and urban poverty and the family context of delinquency. Additional articles discuss the cycle of crime and socialization practices, racial inequality and racially disaggregated homicide rates, modernist versus postmodernist criminological thought, individual differences and rational choice theories of crime, differences in female offending, general and specific deterrence, and causal relationships in interactional theory. References, footnotes, tables, and figures