Author: Cullen, Francis T. & Burton, Velmer S., Jr.; editors:
Title: Contemporary Criminological Theory
Description: New York, New York University Press, (1994). orig.cloth. 25x17cm, xxvii,469 pp, Series: International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Schools, 11.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 17 papers concerning: Images of Crime; New Directions in Control Theory; Interaction, Self & Crime; Stratification & Crime; Gender, Power & Crime; Reconsidering Strain Theory. Includes: T. Hirschi & M. Gottfredson "Substantive Positivism & the Idea of Crime"; E. Currie "Confronting Crime: Looking Toward the 21rst Century"; H.G. Grasmick & R.J. Bursik, Jr. " Conscience, Significant Others, & Rational Choice: Extending the Deterrence Model"; D.D. Heckathorn "Collective Sanctions & Compliance Norms: A Formal Theory of Group-Mediated Social Control"; R.J. Sampson & W.B. Groves "Community Structure & Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory"; R.J. Sampson & J.H. Laub "Crime & Deviance Over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds"; R.L. Matsueda "The Current State of Differential Association Theory"; R.L. Matsueda "Reflected Appraisals, Parental Labeling & Delinquency: Specifying a Symbolic Interactionist Theory"; M.l. Benson "Emotions & Adjudication: Status Degradation Among White-Collar Criminals"; C.R. Tittle "Social Class & Criminal Behavior: A Critique of the Theoretical Foundation"; M. Colvin & J. Pauly "A Critique of Criminology: Toward an Integrated Structural Marxist Theory of Delinquency Production"; R.A. Cloward & F.F. Piven "Hidden Protest: The Channeling of Female Innovation & Resistance"; J. Hagan; et al: "Class in the Household: A Power-Control Theory of Gender & Delinquency"; D.J. Steffensmeier "Organization Properties & Sex-Segregation in the Underworld:Building a Sociological Theory of Sex Differences in Crime"; etc.

Keywords: Criminology, Crime, Sociology Social, Strain Theory, Criminological, Delinquency, Criminal Justice, Symbolic, Interactionism