The Essential Criminology Reader

Initially designed to accompany Mark Lanier and Stuart Henry's best-selling Essential Criminology textbook, this new reader is an up-to-date companion text perfect for all students of introductory criminology and criminological theory courses.

1. Classical and Rational Choice Theories * 1.1 Free Will and Determinism? Reading Beccarias Of Crimes and Punishments (1764) as a Text of Enlightenment, by Piers Beirne * 1.2 Rational and Situational Choice Theory, by Derek B Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke 2. Biological and Biosocial Theories * 2.1 Cesare Lombroso and the Origins of Criminology: Rethinking Criminological Tradition, by Nicole Rafter * 2.2 Integrating Findings from Neurobiology into Criminological Thought: Issues, Solutions, and Implications, by Diana Fishbein 3. Psychological Theories * 3.1 Forty Years of the Yochelson/Samenow Work: A Perspective, by Stanton E. Samenow * 3.2 Contributions of Community Psychology to Criminal Justice: Prevention Research and Intervention, by Sarah Livsey and William S. Davidson II 4. Social Learning and Neutralization Theories * 4.1 Social Learning Theory: Correcting Misconceptions, by Christine S. Sellers and Ronald L. Akers * 4.2 Techniques of Neutralization, by W. William Minor 5. Social Control Theories * 5.1 Social Control and Self-Control Theory, by Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson * 5.2 Social Control Theory and Direct Parental Controls, by Joseph H. Rankin and L. Edward Wells 6. Social Ecology and Subcultural Theories * 6.1 Social Ecology and Collective Efficacy Theory, by Robert J. Sampson * 6.2 Gangs as Social Actors, by John M. Hagedorn 7. Anomie and Strain Theories * 7.1 General Strain Theory, by Robert Agnew * 7.2 The Origins, Nature, and Prospects of Institutional-Anomie Theory, by Richard Rosenfeld and Steven F. Messner * 7.3 Global Anomie Theory, by Nikos Passas 8. Conflict and Radical Theories * 8.1 Criminology and Conflict Theory, by Austin T. Turk * 8.2 The New Radical Criminology and the Same Old Criticisms, by Michael J. Lynch and Paul B. Stretesky 9. Feminist and Gender Theories * 9.1 Feminist Thinking About Crime, by Kathleen Daly * 9.2 Masculinities and Theoretical Criminology, by James W. Messerschmidt 10. Postmodernist and Critical Cultur