Sociological Theory and Criminological Research, Volume 7 (Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance)

301 Pages·2006·1.67 MB·English

by  Mathieu Deflem

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND
CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH:
VIEWS FROM EUROPE AND THE
UNITED STATES
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SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME, LAW
AND DEVIANCE
Series Editor: Mathieu Deflem
(Volumes 1–5: Jeffrey T. Ulmer)
Recent Volumes:
Volume 1: Edited by Jeffrey T. Ulmer, 1998
Volume 2: Edited by Jeffrey T. Ulmer, 2000
Volume 3: Legal Professions: Work, Structure and
Organization. Edited by Jerry Van Hoy, 2001
Volume 4: Violent Acts and Violentization: Assessing,
Applying and Developing Lonnie Athens’
Theory and Research. Edited by Lonnie Athens
and Jeffrey T. Ulmer, 2002
Volume 5: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Criminological
Perspectives. Edited by Mathieu Deflem
Volume 6: Ethnographies of Law and Social Control.
Edited by Stacey Lee Burns, 2005
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SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME, LAW AND DEVIANCE
VOLUME 7
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
AND CRIMINOLOGICAL
RESEARCH: VIEWS FROM
EUROPE AND THE
UNITED STATES
EDITED BY
MATHIEU DEFLEM
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford
Paris – San Diego – San Francisco – Singapore – Sydney – Tokyo
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
INTRODUCTION:THEBEARINGOFSOCIOLOGICAL
THEORY ON CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Mathieu Deflem 1
PARTI:FROMMACROTOMICROMODELSINCRIMEAND
DELINQUENCY ANALYSIS
WORK AND CRIME: CAN THE MISSING LINK BE
UNDERSTOOD THROUGH MAX WEBER’S
PROTESTANT ETHIC
Karl F. Schumann 9
TRUANTS AND THE FAMILY: AN EMPIRICAL
STUDY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IN EARLY
ADOLESCENCE
Imke Dunkake 29
REVISITING MERTON: CONTINUITIES IN THE
THEORY OF ANOMIE-AND-OPPORTUNITY-
STRUCTURES
Sanjay Marwah and Mathieu Deflem 57
CRIMINOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE
THOUGHT OF GEORGE HERBERT MEAD
Ross L. Matsueda 77
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OPENING THE BLACK BOX: THE SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER AND DELINQUENCY
Karen Heimer, Stacy De Coster and Halime U¨nal 109
COMMENTARY ON PART I: THEORY AND
RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE
Ronald L. Akers 137
PART II: CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN
SOCIO-HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
IDENTITY AND INTELLECTUAL WORK:
BIOGRAPHY, THEORY AND RESEARCH ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT
Nigel G. Fielding 159
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY IN THE STUDY OF
SENTENCING: LIGHTHOUSE FOR A TRAVELER
BETWEEN CONTINENTS
Joachim J. Savelsberg 183
‘‘THEY BRING YOU UP TO DO LIKE YOUR DADDY
DONE’’: STRATIFICATION THEORY,
EMPLOYMENT, AND CRIME
Robert D. Crutchfield 203
EMOTIONS, CRIME AND JUSTICE: EXPLORING
DURKHEIMIAN THEMES
Susanne Karstedt 223
IN SEARCH OF CRIMINOLOGY’S
EPISTEMOLOGICAL THRESHOLD
Rene´ van Swaaningen 249
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COMMENTARY ON PART II: THE FIELDS OF
SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY
Fritz Sack 271
SUBJECT INDEX 283
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Ronald L. Akers Department of Criminology, Law and Society,
University of Florida, FL, USA
Robert D. Crutchfield Department of Sociology, University of
Washington, WA, USA
Stacy De Coster Department of Sociology, North Carolina
State University, NC, USA
Mathieu Deflem Department of Sociology, University of South
Carolina, Sloan College, SC, USA
Imke Dunkake Forschungsinstitut fu¨r Soziologie, Universita¨t
zu Ko¨ln, Ko¨ln, Germany
Nigel G. Fielding DepartmentofSociology,UniversityofSurrey,
Guildford, UK
Karen Heimer Department of Sociology, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA, USA
Susanne Karstedt School of Criminology, Education, Sociology
and Social Work, Keele University, Keele
Staffordshire, UK
Sanjay Marwah Sociology and Anthropology Department,
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, USA
Ross L. Matsueda Department of Sociology, University of
Washington, WA, USA
Fritz Sack Institut fu¨r Kriminologische Sozialforschung,
Universita¨t Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Joachim J. Savelsberg Department of Sociology, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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