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Piquero. pages cm. – (Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice) Summary: “Provides up-to-date, in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology, from classic deterrence theory and social disorganization to modern labeling theory and integrated theory”– Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-118-51238-8 (hardback) – ISBN 978-1-119-11075-0 (paper) 1. Criminology–Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Piquero, Alex R. HV6025.H2783 2015 364.01–dc23 2015016630 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover image: © bestdesigns / iStockphoto Set in 10.5/13pt Minion by SPi Global, Pondicherry, India 1 2016 Contents Notes on Contributors vii 1 Introduction: Theory and Contemporary Criminology 1 Charles R. Tittle 2 Correlates of Crime 18 Matt DeLisi and Michael G. Vaughn 3 Theory Testing In Criminology 37 Travis C. Pratt 4 Deterrence 50 Thomas A. Loughran, Ray Paternoster, and Douglas B. Weiss 5 Contemporary Biosocial Criminology: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2000–2012 75 J.C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver 6 A Developmental Perspective on Adolescent Risk‐Taking and Criminal Behavior 100 Elizabeth Cauffman, Caitlin Cavanagh, Sachiko Donley, and April Gile Thomas 7 Social Disorganization Theory’s Greatest Challenge: Linking Structural Characteristics to Crime in Socially Disorganized Communities 121 Charis E. Kubrin and James C. Wo 8 Routine Activities, Delinquency, and Youth Convergences 137 Jose R. Agustina and Marcus Felson 9 Environmental Criminology 156 Aiden Sidebottom and Richard Wortley vi Contents 10 Control as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency 182 Chester L. Britt and Michael Rocque 11 Strain, Economic Status, and Crime 209 Robert Agnew 12 Social Learning Theory 230 Ronald L. Akers and Wesley G. Jennings 13 Cultural Processes, Social Order, and Criminology 241 Mark T. Berg, Eric A. Sevell, and Eric A. Stewart 14 Labeling Theory: Past, Present, and Future 271 Ruth Triplett and Lindsey Upton 15 Feminist Theory 290 Joanne Belknap 16 Critical Criminology 301 Martin D. Schwartz and Henry H. Brownstein 17 Integrating Criminological Theories 318 Marv Krohn and Jeffrey T. Ward 18 Developmental and Life‐Course Theories of Crime 336 Tara Renae McGee and David P. Farrington 19 Biosocial Bases of Antisocial and Criminal Behavior 355 Frances R. Chen, Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Sharon Niv, Jill Portnoy, Robert Schug, Yaling Yang, and Adrian Raine 20 From Theory to Policy and Back Again 380 Scott H. Decker 21 How Do Criminologists Interpret Statistical Explanation of Crime? A Review of Quantitative Modeling in Published Studies 395 David Weisburd, Breanne Cave, and Alex R. Piquero 22 Situational Theory: The Importance of Interactions and Action Mechanisms in the Explanation of Crime 415 Per‐Olof H. Wikström and Kyle Treiber 23 Macro‐Level Theory: A Critical Component of Criminological Exploration 445 Eric P. Baumer and Ashley N. Arnio 24 What International Research Has Told Us About Criminological Theory 475 Olena Antonaccio and Ekaterina V. Botchkovar 25 Qualitative Criminology’s Contributions to Theory 497 Andy Hochstetler and Heith Copes Index 521 Notes on Contributors Robert Agnew is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology at Emory University. His research focuses on the causes of crime and delinquency, particularly his general strain theory of delinquency. His recent works include Criminological Theory: Past to Present (Oxford, 2015); Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control (Oxford, 2015); Toward A Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People, and Society (NYU Press, 2011); Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory (Oxford, 2006); and Why Do Criminals Offend: A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency (Oxford, 2005). He has served as President of the American Society of Criminology, is a Fellow of that organization, and is on the Southern Sociological Society Roll of Honor. Jose R. Agustina is an Associate professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona). He has recently been Visiting Scholar at Texas State University in 2012 where he carried out a research project on juveniles’ hangouts. Besides teaching at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, Spain, he has worked as a part‐time magistrate at the High Criminal Court in Barcelona. His research interests encompass not only crime theory and crime analysis but also crime policy and legal issues in a variety of fields, from cybercrime, business crime prevention or privacy concerns to youth crime and criminal justice issues. Ronald L. Akers, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Sociology at the University of Florida. He is former Chair of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminology and Law. Dr. Akers has authored over 100 journal articles and book chapters. Olena Antonaccio is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami. Her interests include theory testing and development, and comparative criminology. Ashley N. Arnio is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Texas State University. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of communities viii Notes on Contributors and crime and law and social control. She has explored the first theme in several spatial analyses addressing the link between the contemporary foreclosure crisis and crime rates. More recently, her focus has been on the latter theme, specifically exam- ining aggregate‐level racial disparities in imprisonment rates during the period of mass incarceration. J.C. Barnes is an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. He is a biosocial criminologist whose research seeks to understand how genetic and environmental factors combine to impact criminological phenomena. Eric P. Baumer is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on temporal and spatial dimensions of crime and justice, and especially how structural and cultural features of communities affect crime, social control, and other aspects of human behavior. He has examined these issues empirically in multi‐level studies of the influence of community characteristics on individual attitudes and behaviors, macro‐level studies of spatial and temporal patterns in crime and social control, and in case studies of crime and justice in Iceland, Malta, and Ireland. Recent publications have appeared in Criminology, American Sociological Review, and the American Journal of Sociology. Kevin M. Beaver is a professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University and Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Center for Social and Humanities Research at King Abdulaziz University. His research focuses on the biosocial underpinnings to antisocial behaviors. Joanne Belknap is a professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, and is Past‐President of the American Society of Criminology (2013–14). She authored the book, The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and Justice, currently in the fourth edition. Her current research focuses on intimate partner abuse, women’s pathways to jail, and sexual minority status delinquents. Mark T. Berg, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Iowa. His current research interests include contextual processes, adolescent development, violence and aggression. Ekaterina V. Botchkovar is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Her interests include comparative criminology and theory development. Brian B. Boutwell is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice in the School of Social Work and associate professor (secondary appointment) in the Department of Epidemiology at Saint Louis University. His research interests include the evolution of complex outcomes such as violence and chronic criminality, as well as the genetic basis of social behaviors. Chester L. Britt is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University. His research interests include criminological theory, criminal justice decision‐making, and quantitative research methods.