Introducing Criminological Thinking

PART I: Introduction to Criminological Thinking CHAPTER 1: Basic Principles of Theorizing and Mapping What is Criminological Thinking? What is Criminological Theory? Visual Techniques and Criminological Theory Seven Steps to Understanding Criminological Thinking Major Orientations and Organization of the Book CHAPTER 2: The Seven-Step Model and Early Explanations of Criminality The Seven Steps to Understanding Criminological Thinking A Research Example: Classical Criminology and Deterrence Theory PART II: Individual Difference Theories CHAPTER 3: Biological Positivist Theories The Biological Positivist Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Practical Ramifications of Biological Positivism: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? Criticisms of Biological Positivist Theories Research Example: Rethinking Biology and the Brain CHAPTER 4: Psychological Positivist Theories The Psychological Positivist Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Psychological Positivism Research Example: Mental Illness and Crime PART III: Process Theories CHAPTER 5: Psychological Process Theories The Psychological Process Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Psychological Process Theories Research Examples: The Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram in Liberia, and Police Legitimacy CHAPTER 6: Differential Association and Social Learning Theories The Differential Association and Social Learning Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Social Learning Theory Research Example: Meta-Analysis and Social Learning Theory CHAPTER 7: Control Theories The Control Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Control Theories: The Complexity of Causation Research Example: Social Bonding Theory through Life Histories CHAPTER 8: Labeling Theories The Labeling Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Labeling Theories Research Example: Saints, Roughnecks, Labels, and Arrests PART IV: Structural Theories CHAPTER 9: Social Disorganization Theories The Social Disorganization Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Social Disorganization Theories Research Example: Disorganization, Community, and Mixed Methods CHAPTER 10: Social Strain and Anomie Theories The Social Strain and Anomie Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Social Strain and Anomie Theories Research Example: Measuring Social Strain PART V: Theories of Crime and Criminal Justice CHAPTER 11: Conflict Theories The Conflict Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Conflict Theories Research Example: Restorative Justice as a Practical Critique of the Criminal Justice System CHAPTER 12: Rational Choice Theories The Rational Choice Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Rational Choice Theories Research Example: Hot Spots, Displacement, and Crime PART VI: Integration in Criminology CHAPTER 13: Integrated and General Theories The Integrative Impulse in Criminology Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Integrated and General Theories Research Example: General Strain and Social Support CHAPTER 14: Biosocial Theories The Biosocial Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Biosocial Theories Research Example: The Lead-Crime Connection CHAPTER 15: Developmental and Life Course Theories The Developmental and Life Course Tradition Seven Steps of Criminological Thinking Criticisms of Developmental and Life Course Theories Research Example: Crime and the Life Course CHAPTER 16: Conclusion New Directions in Criminological Theory Toward an Analysis of Criminological Theories