An introduction to criminological theory / Roger Hopkins Burke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Roger Hopkins.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Physical Description:

ix, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2001.

Contents:

1 Introduction: crime and modernity 1

Pre-modern crime and criminal justice 2

The rise of modern society 3

Defining and the extent of crime 5

Part 1 The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour 21

2 Classical criminology 27

The Classical theorists 27

The limitations of Classicism 29

The neo-Classical compromise 30

The enduring influence of Classicism 32

3 Populist conservative criminology 35

The rise of the political new right 35

James Q. Wilson and 'right realism' 36

4 Contemporary rational actor theories 40

Contemporary deterrence theories 40

Rational choice theory 43

Routine activities theory 45

The rational actor revisited 47

Part 2 The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour 49

5 Biological theories 54

Early biological theories 54

Inherited criminal characteristics 57

Genetic structure 62

Criminal body types 64

Psychoses and brain injuries 65

Biochemistry 67

Treating the offender 71

6 Psychological theories 77

Psychodynamic theories 77

Behavioural learning theories 83

Cognitive learning theories 90

7 Sociological theories 97

Emile Durkheim and social disorganisation theory 98

The Chicago school 102

Anomie theory 106

Deviant subculture theories 112

Part 3 The victimised actor model of crime and criminal behaviour 129

8 Labelling theories 136

The social construction of crime 136

The recipients of deviant labels 139

The consequences of labelling for the recipients 141

Moral panics and deviance amplification 144

The limitations of labelling theories 145

9 Conflict and radical theories 147

Conflict theories 147

Criticisms of conflict theories 150

Radical criminology 151

Criticisms of radical theories 151

10 Feminist perspectives 158

Perspectives in feminist theory 159

Early explanations of female criminality 161

The feminist critique of traditional criminology 164

The impact of feminist critiques 166

Is there a feminist criminology? 169

Masculinity and crime 170

11 Critical criminology 173

The origins of critical criminology 174

Crimes of the powerful 176

Crimes of the less powerful 178

Critical criminology or 'left idealism'? 179

Part 4 Integrated explanations of crime and criminal behaviour 183

12 Socio-biological theories 187

Biosocial theory 187

Biosocial theory and the 'new right' 189

13 Environmental criminology 192

Early environmental explanations 192

Developments in environmental explanation 193

Environmental design 196

Environmental management 198

14 Social control theories 201

The origins of social control theories 201

Early social control theories 203

Modern control theories 205

Integrated theoretical perspectives 208

A general theory of crime 211

Gender differences in criminal behaviour 213

A critique of social control theories 215

15 Left realism 217

The origins of 'left realism' 217

A balance of intervention 221

Left realism and 'New' Labour 224

Social exclusion and the 'underclass': a case study 226

'New' Labour criminal justice policy revisited 228

16 Conclusion: crime and postmodernity 231

Postmodernity and criminological explanation 233

Sceptical and affirmative postmodernity 239

The future of criminological explanation 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-268) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

1903240476

1903240468

OCLC:

47270344