Criminology Book

Each chapter begins with an introduction and concludes with a summary. Please note that an additional chapter, “Victimology,” is available online at www.ablongman.com/glick1e.

1. Crime and Criminology.

1.1. Introduction: What is Criminology

1.2 Criminology and the Criminologist's Roles.

1.3   Criminology and the Scientific Approach.

1.4 Criminological Perspectives.

1.5 The Nature of Deviant and Criminal Behavior.

1.6 Defining Crime

1.7 Durkheim on the Normality of Crime

1.8 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 1.1: Crime as Normal Behavior, Emile Durkheim.

2. The Nature and Extent of Crime: Measuring Behavior.

2.1 Introduction: Researching Crime

2.2 Criminological Research and Data Collection

2.3 The Uniform Crime Reports

2.4 Other Ways to Measure Crime.

2.5 Crime Patterns: Characteristics of Criminals and Crime Victims

2.6 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 2.1: A Professional Thief, Edwin Sutherland.

3. Early Explanations for Criminal Behavior and Neoclassical Theories.

3.1    Introduction: Theories of Crime

3.2    Traditional Explanations for Crime.

3.3    Cesare Beccaria

3.4    Jeremy Bentham

3.5 The Positivist School of Criminology.

3.6 Contemporary Classicism and Positivism.

3.7 Study Guide

Reading 3.1: Contemporary Classicism: Deterrence and Econometrics, and Implications and Conclusions, George B. Vold and Thomas J. Bernard.

4. Biological Explanations for Criminal Behavior.

4.1Introduction: Biological Perspectives

4.2 Criminality and Genetics.

4.3 Biochemical Influences on Behavior.

4.4 Neurophysiological Factors.

4.5 Summary

Study Guide

5. Psychological Explanations for Criminal Behavior.

5.1 Introduction: Psychological Perspectives

5.2 Psychiatric Explanations for Criminal Behavior

5.3 Behavioral Explanations for Crime

5.4 Cognitive Theories and Crime

5.5 Personality Theories and Crime

5.6 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 5.1: Media Violence and Youth, John P. Murray.

6. Sociological Theories I: Social-Structural Explanations for Criminal Behavior.

6.1 Introduction: Structure-Based Explanations

6.2 Social Disorganization Theory

6.3 Strain Theory.

6.4 Subcultural Delinquency Theories.

6.5 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 6.5: Illegitimate Means and Delinquent Subcultures, Richard Cloward and Lloyd E. Ohlin.

7. Sociological Theories II: Social Control, Conflict, Feminist, and Labeling Theories.

7.1 Introduction: Sociological Theories II

7.2 Differential Association Theory.

7.3 Social Control Theory.

7.4 Conflict Theory.

7.5 Feminist Theory.

7.6 Labeling Theory.

7.7 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 7.1: Feminism for the Mainstream Criminologist: An Invitation, Jeanne Flavin.

8. Crimes of Violence I: Assault and Rape.

8.1 Introduction: Incidence of Assault and Rape.

8.2 Assault.

8.3 Assault and Abuse in the American Family

8.4 Explaining and Responding to Assaultive and Abusive Behavior.

8.5 Rape

8.6 Explaining and Responding to Rape.

8.7 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 8.1. The Criminalization of Domestic Violence, Fran S. Davis.

Reading 8.2 Violence against Women: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Toni Nelson

9. Crimes of Violence: Robbery, Murder, Hate Crime, and Terrorism.

9.1. Introduction: Defining Violent Crimes Against Persons

9.2 Robbery.

9.3 Murder.

9.4 Hate Crime.

9.5 Terrorism.

9.6 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 9.1 : Mass Murder, James A. Fox and Jack Levin.
Reading 9.2: Talking to Children About Terrorism and Armed Conflict, Judith A. Myers-Walls.

10. Property Crimes: Larceny, Fraud, Burglary, Fencing, and Arson.

10.1 Introduction: Defining Property Crimes.

10.2 An Overview of Property Crimes

10.3 Larceny-Theft.

10.4 Fraud.

10.5 Burglary.

10.6 Fencing.

10.7 Arson.

Study Guide

Reading 10.1: Crimes of Fraud, James A. Inciardi.

11. Organizational Criminality: White-Collar Crime and Organized Crime.

11.1 Introduction: White-Collar Crime Defined

11.2 Embezzlement and Consumer Fraud

11.3 Computer Crime

11.4 Environmental Crime

11.5 Explanations for and Responses to White-Collar Crime.

11.6 Organized Crime

Study Guide

12. Public Order Crimes: Drugs, Alcohol, and Sex

12.1 Introduction: Criminalization of Drug Use

12.2 Drugs Defined

12.3 Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Use

12.4 Illegal Drugs

12.5 Explanations for Illicit Drug Use and Addiction

12.6 Responding to the Drug Problem

12.7 Sex-Related Crimes.

12.8 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 12.1 Drugs and Predatory Crime, Jan M. Chaiken and Marcia R. Chaiken.

Reading 12.2 : Sex-Slave Trade in the U.S., Catherine Edwards and James Harder.

13. Responding To Crime: The Police and the Courts

13.1 Introduction: The Criminal Justice System

13.2 The Police

13.3 Police Organization.

13.4 Police Role and the Future of Policing in the United States

13.5 The Courts

13.6 The Death Penalty

13.7 The Juvenile Justice System

13.8 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 13.1: Preventing Crime: The Promising Road Ahead, Gene Stephens.

Reading 13.2: Reasonable Doubts, Stephen Pomper.

14. Responding To Crime: Corrections.

14.1 Introduction: Corrections

14.2 Deterrence and Imprisonment

14.3 Corrections Today: Jails and Prisons.

14.4 Community-based Corrections: Probation

14.5 Other Intermediate Sanctions and Alternatives.

14.6 Parole

14.7 Release and Reentry Programs.

14.8 Summary

Study Guide

Reading 14.1: The Goals of Punishment: The Return of Retributivism and the Utilitarian Model, Clemens Bartollas and John P. Conrad.

Reading 14.2: Restorative Justice For Young Offenders and Their Victims, Annie Seymour and Trudy Gregorie.

15. Victimology (Available online only at www.ablongman.com/glick1e )

Introduction: What is Victimology?

15.2 Estimating Victimization: The National Crime Victimization Survey

15.3 Theoretical Explanations for Victimization

15.4 Consequences of Victimization

15.5 Victim Rights

15.6 Summary

Study Guide