Product Description: Travis Hirschi is one of the most cited criminologists of the twentieth century. His work has provoked controversy and heated debates about the causes of crime, proper research methods, and the most effective policies to prevent and control crime...read more

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Product Description: This remarkable guide to delinquency studies was co-winner of the 1968 C. Wright Mills Award for the best book in the field of social problems. The work is in effect three books in one: a forthright account of how to analyze survey data, a penetrating critique of delinquency research, and a set of original essays on methodology...read more

Product Description: The Generality of Deviance advances the idea that all forms of deviant, criminal, reckless, and sinful behavior have one thing in common: the tendency to pursue immediate benefits without concern for long-term costs. The editors argue, and the contributors confirm, that such disparate behaviors as smoking, auto accidents, burglary, and rape are similar in that they all involve disregard for their inevitable consequences: poor health, injury, loss of freedom, shame, or disrepute...read more

Product Description: By articulating a general theory of crime and related behavior, the authors present a new and comprehensive statement of what the criminological enterprise should be about. They argue that prevalent academic criminology―whether sociological, psychological, biological, or economic―has been unable to provide believable explanations of criminal behavior...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Eight articles represent a variety of viewpoints on the causes of crime -- from the social learning tradition to the multiple factor approach to sociobiology and the bahaviourist approaches. The editors' introduction puts the research reported here into the context of the long-standing debate...read more