search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for A Primer on Crime and Delinquency
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Theory
1
10
What Is Theory?
1
5
Testing Theories
6
2
Why Is Theory Important, or Why Study Crime and Delinquency Theory?
8
3
Chapter 2 Classical and Neoclassical Theory
11
12
Chapter 3 Positivist Theories
23
8
Positive Philosophy
24
1
The Influence of Empirical and Experimental Science
25
1
Major Differences between Positivism and Classicism and Neoclassicism
26
2
General Problems with Positivist Theories
28
3
Chapter 4 Biological Theories
31
16
Physiognomy
32
1
Phrenology
33
1
Criminal Anthropology
34
2
Body Type Theories
36
1
Heredity Studies
37
3
Other Areas of Biological Research
40
3
General Problems with Biological Theories of Crime Causation
43
4
Chapter 5 Psychological Theories
47
22
Intelligence and Crime
48
3
Psychoanalytic Theories
51
8
General Problems with Psychoanalytic Theories of Crime Causation
59
4
Humanistic Psychological Theory
63
6
Chapter 6 Sociological Theories
69
40
The Contributions of Durkheim
69
3
The Theory of the Chicago School
72
10
Functionalism
82
3
Anomie or Strain Theory
85
9
Learning Theories
94
9
Social Control Theories
103
6
Chapter 7 Critical Theories
109
28
Interactionism and Labeling Theory
111
7
Conflict Theory
118
4
Radical Theory
122
8
Other Critical Theories
130
7
British or Left Realism
131
1
Peacemaking Criminology
132
1
Feminism
132
2
Postmodernism and Poststructuralism
134
3
Chapter 8 Conclusion
137
4
Notes
141
24
References
165
12
Name Index
177
1
Subject Index
178