Edited by Francis T. Cullen and Pamela Wilcox
Criminological theory texts typically follow a conventional format. Diverse writings are neatly packaged into schools of thought, which are given clear labels and conveyed a chapter at a time, with topics like control theory in one chapter and strain theory in another.
The Oxford
Handbook of Criminological Theory takes a different approach across the criminological landscape. The volume is organized not around schools of thought but around themes that shape much thinking about and research on crime. This more unconventional approach seeks to show that criminological theory
is not static but dynamic. In fact, most prominent scholars do not spend their time commenting upon and retesting theoretical propositions that have existed for many years. Rather, they move into more novel areas--areas often located in the interstitial junctures between more traditional theories.
This Oxford Handbook presents a series of essays that captures not the past of criminology, but where theoretical explanation is headed.
As a result, the volume is replete with new ideas, discussions of substantive topics with salient theoretical implications, and reviews and
interpretations of literatures that illuminate promising avenues along which theory and research should evolve. Special attention is paid to how criminal participation is shaped intimately by individual traits, diverse social contexts, the situations in which the choice of crime is made, and
exposure to coercive experiences. Each chapter can be read on its own--as furnishing an important analysis of a given theoretical issue--yet read as a whole, The Oxford Handbook of Criminological Theory offers a unique and deep understanding of criminology at its cutting edge.
Preface
Contributors
Section 1 Individual and Society
Part I. Biosocial Criminology
1. Matt DeLisi: Revisiting Lombroso
2. Melissa Peskin, Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Anna Rudo-Hutt, Yaling Yang, and Adrian Raine: Biology and Crime
3. John Paul Wright and Kevin
M. Beaver: Parenting and Crime
Part II. Individuals and Crime
4. Paula Smith: The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
5. Emily E. Tanner-Smith, Sandra Jo Wilson, and Mark W. Lipsey: Risk Factors and Crime
Part III. Social Sources of Offending
6. Emily Salisbury: Social
Learning and Crime
7. Barbara J. Costello: Hirschi's Criminology
8. Timothy Brezina and Robert Agnew: General Strain and Urban Youth Violence
9. Matthew D. Makarios and Tara Livelsberger: Social Support and Crime
Part IV. Crime and the Life Course
10. Shawn D. Bushway:
Life-Course-Persistent Offenders
11. Christopher J. Sullivan: Change in Offending across the Life Course
12. David P. Farrington and Rolf Loeber: Two Approaches to Developmental/Life-Course Theorizing
Section 2 Contexts of Offending
Part V. Peers, Gangs, and
Crime
13. Dana L. Haynie and Derek A. Kreager: Peer Networks and Crime
14. Scott Decker and David Pyrooz: Contemporary Gang Ethnographies
15. Jean Marie McGloin and Stephanie DiPietro: Girls, Friends, and Delinquency
16. Stacy De Coster, Karen Heimer, and Samantha R. Cumley:
Gender and Theories of Delinquency
Part VI. Communities and Crime
17. Barbara D. Warner and Audrey C. Clubb: Neighborhood Ties, Control, and Crime
18. Graham C. Ousey and Matthew R. Lee: Community, Inequality, and Crime
19. Mark T. Berg and Eric A. Stewart: Street Culture and
Crime
20. Scott Jacques and Richard Wright: The Code of the Suburb and Drug Dealing
Part VII. The American Experience and Crime
21. Steven F. Messner, Richard Rosenfeld, and Susanne Karstedt: Social Institutions and Crime
22. Elliott Currie: The Market Economy and
Crime
23. Charis E. Kubrin: Immigration and Crime
Part VIII. Deciding to Offend
24. Richard Wright and Volkan Topalli: Choosing Street Crime
25. Neal Shover, Andy Hochstetler, and Tage Alalehto: Choosing White-Collar Crime
26. Michael L. Benson and Tara Livelsberger:
Emotions, Choice, and Crime
Part IX. Opportunity Theories
27. Arelys Madero-Hernandez and Bonnie S. Fisher: Routine Activity Theory
28. Paul J. Brantingham and Patricia L. Brantingham: The Theory of Target Search
29. Tamara D. Madensen and John E. Eck: Crime Places and Place
Management
30. Pamela Wilcox, Brooke Miller Gialopsos, and Kenneth C. Land: Multilevel Criminal Opportunity
Section 4 Theories of Power and Punishment
Part X. Critical Criminology
31. Thomas Vander Ven and Mark Colvin: Coercion and Crime
32. Michael J. Lynch and
Paul B. Stretesky: Green Criminology
Part XI. Theories of the Criminal Sanction
33. Ray Paternoster and Ronet Bachman: Perceptual Deterrence Theory
34. Cheryl Lero Jonson: The Effects of Imprisonment
35. Natasha A. Frost and Todd R. Clear: Coercive Mobility
Index
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Francis T. Cullen is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati, where he also holds a joint appointment in Sociology. Pamela Wilcox is Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Together they
are the editors of the Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory (Sage, 2010).
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