Out of control : assessing the general theory of crime
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- ISBN: 9780804758208 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780804758192 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0804758190 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0804758204 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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xiii, 270 p. ; 26 cm. - Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Social Sciences, c2008.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-261) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. I. General Considerations -- 1. Out of Control? An Introduction to the General Theory of Crime / Erich Goode -- 2. Measuring Self-Control / Alex R. Piquero -- 3. Age, Sex, and Racial Distributions of Crime / David F. Greenberg -- 4. Undeveloped Concept of Opportunity / Sally S. Simpson and Gilbert Geis -- 5. Parenting and Self-Control / Francis T. Cullen, James D. Unnever, John Paul Wright and Kevin M. Beaver -- Pt. II. Theories of Crime -- 6. Self-Control and Social Learning Theory / Ronald L. Akers -- 7. Self-Control, Anomie, and Social Institutions / Richard Rosenfeld and Steven F. Messner -- 8. On the Compatibility of Social Disorganization and Self-Control / Ross L. Matsueda -- 9. Feminist Consideration of Gender and Crime / LeeAnn Iovanni and Susan L. Miller -- Pt. III. Types of Crime -- 10. Low Self-Control and High Organizational Control: The Paradoxes of White-Collar Crime / David O. Friedrichs and Martin D. Schwartz -- 11. Violent Crime / Richard B. Felson and D. Wayne Osgood -- 12. Property Crimes / Marc L. Swatt and Robert F.Meier -- 13. Drug Use and Criminal Behavior / Erich Goode -- Pt. IV. Concluding Thoughts -- 14. Self-Control: A Hypercritical Assessment / Gilbert Geis -- 15. Critiquing the Critics: The Authors Respond / Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson. |
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Subject: | Gottfredson, Michael R Criminology -- Methodology Criminal behavior Self-control |
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Lansdowne Library | HV 6018 O87 2008 (Text) | 26040002998231 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |