Criminological theory: a text/reader

Section I: Introduction to the book: an overview of issues in criminological theory. Reading: The use and usefulness of criminology, 1751-2005: enlightened justice and its failures / Lawrence W. Sherman.

Section II: Preclassical and classical theories of crime. Readings: On crime and punishments / Cesare Beccaria ; Media consumption and support for capital punishment / Sarah Britto and Krystal E. Noga-Styron.

Section III: Modern applications of the classical perspective: deterrence, rational choice, and routine activities or lifestyle theories of crime. Readings: The effects of focused deterrence strategies on crime: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical evidence / Anthony A. Braga and David L. Weisburd ; Specifying the direct and indirect effects of low self-control and situational factors in offenders' decision making: toward a more complete model of rational offending / Alex R. Piquero and Stephen G. Ibbetts ; Crime and public transportation: a case study of Ottaway's O-Train system.

Section IV: Early positive school perspectives of criminality. Readings: The criminal man (L'uomo delinquente) / Cesaure Lombroso (as translated by Mary Gibson and Nicole H. Rafter) ; IQ and delinquency: the deferential detection hypothesis revisited / Ihony Yun and Julak Lee.

Section V: Modern biosocial perspectives of criminal behavior. Readings: A theory explaining biological correlates of criminality / Lee Ellis ; Criminal behavior: the need for an integrative approach that incorporates biological influences / Laura C. Wilson and Angela Scarpa ; A life-course analysis of the criminogenic effects of maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy: a research note on the mediating impact of neuropsychological deficit / Jean Marie McGloin, Travis C. Pratt, and Alex R. Piquero

Section VI: Early social structure and strain theories of crime. Readings: Social structure and anomie / Robert K. Merton ; Anomic strain and external constraints: a reassessment of Merton's anomie/strain theory using data from Ukraine / Olena Antonaccio, William R. Smith, and Feodor A. Gostjev ; Gender and general strain theory: a comparison of strains, mediating, and moderating effects explaining three types of delinquency / Byongook Moon and Merry Morash.

Section VII: The Chicago School and cultural and subcultural theories of crime. Readings: Delinquency rates and community characteristics / Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay ; Social disorganization and homicide in Recife, Brazil / Débora V. S. Pereira, Caroline M. M. Moto, and Martin A. Andersen ; Peaceful warriors: code for violence among adult male bar fighters / Heith Copes, Andy Hochstetler, and Craig Forsyth.

Section VIII: Social process and learning theories of crime. Readings: A sociological theory of criminal behavior / Edwin H. Sutherland ; A social learning theory of crime / Ronald L. Akers ; Do women and men differ in their neutralizations of corporate crime? / Lynne M. Vieraitis ... [et al.] ; Peers and delinquency among girls and boys: are sex differences in delinquency explained by peer factors? / Frank M. Weerman and Machteld Hoeve.

Section IX: Social reaction and critical models of crime. Readings: Informal reactions and delinquency / Lening Zhang ; Neighborhood variation in police stops and searches: a test of consensus and conflict perspectives / Brian C. Renauer.

Section X: Feminist models of crime. Readings: Patriarchy, crime, and justice: feminist criminology in an era of backlash / Meda Chesney-Lind ; The intersectional alternative: explaining female criminality / April Bernard.

Section XI: Life-course perspectives of criminality. Readings: Criminal career paradigms: background, recent developments, and the way forward / Alex R. Piquero, David P. Farrington, and Alfred Blumstein ; Serious, violent young offenders in South Africa: are they life-course persistent offenders? / Fleur A. Souverein ... [et al.] ; Unintended consequences: policy implications of the NAS report on criminal careers and career criminals / Christy A. Visher.

Section XII: Integrated theoretical models and new perspectives of crime. Readings: An integrated theoretical perspective on delinquent behavior / Delbert S. Elliott, Suzanne S. Ageton, and Rachelle J. Canter ; The effectiveness of reintegrative shaming and restorative justice conferences: focusing on juvenile offenders' perceptions in Australian reintegrative shaming experiments / Hee Joo Kim and Jurg Gerber ; Toward an interactional theory of delinquency / Terence P. Thornberry.