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Classics of Criminology

Third Edition

 

Joseph Jacoby

 

“If students read only about and not in criminology, their experience is but secondhand, and their conclusions are determined by textbook authors,” says Joseph Jacoby in the preface to this edition of his well-known collection, Classics of Criminology. By reading scholarly works in their original form, readers can share in the discovery and unfolding of powerful ideas in each author’s own words. Classics of Criminology is a compilation of writings produced over the last 240 years. These writings represent the most influential approaches to describing and explaining crime and the social responses to crime. The organization of the collection enables readers to follow the development and application of key ideas from one major author to the next.
 

$34.95 list, 567 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-309-8

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-309-6

© 2004

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“A most challenging, useful book—crisp, vast, and to the point. It is recommended for teachers, policymakers, students, and anyone who wishes to understand the field of criminal prosecution.”  — Michael Wayne Walker, Stonehill College

 

“Classics of Criminology is an excellent book, and students really enjoy reading the primary source material. I like the choice of articles—they cover the field, especially with the inclusion of the pieces on females and crime.”  — Greg Brown, Nipissing University

 

“Jacoby’s book is an excellent platform for presenting the essence of criminological theory in a format that is accessible to all types of students.”  — Lori K. Sudderth, Quinnipiac University

 

“The introductions to each section are very useful. I like the way Jacoby previews and synthesizes the articles, highlighting their essence in a few pages.”  — Keith Clement, University of West Florida

 

“I found the book to be excellent. Its wide range of topics and authors makes it an excellent supplement for any criminology course to challenge the thinking of students.”  — Frank Leonbruno, Lakeland Community College

 

“The text provides timely essays that are filled with information relevant to students about to embark on careers in criminal justice and criminology. Section III, ‘The Social Response to Crime,’ is especially helpful to students.”  — A. Kimora, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

 

Table of Contents

 

Section I. THE CLASSIC DESCRIPTIONS OF CRIME
1. What Is a Gang? (Frederick M. Thrasher)
2. The Professional Thief (Edwin H. Sutherland)
3. White-Collar Criminality (Edwin H. Sutherland)

4. Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas (Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay)

5. The Criminal and His Victim (Hans von Hentig)

6. Victim-Precipitated Criminal Homicide (Marvin E. Wolfgang)

7. Violent Crime: Homicide, Assault, Rape, Robbery (National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence)

8. Delinquency in a Birth Cohort (Marvin E. Wolfgang, Thorsten Sellin, and Robert Figlio)

9. Social Change and Crime: A Routine Activity Approach (Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson)
10. Environmental Criminology (Paul J. Brantingham and Patricia L. Brantingham)

11. Characterizing Criminal Careers (Alfred Blumstein and Jacqueline Cohen)

12. Crime and Deviance over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds (Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub)

13. Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil (Jack Katz)

Section II. THEORIES OF CAUSATION OF CRIME

14. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Jeremy Bentham)

15. Modeling Offenders' Decision:  A Framework for Research and Policy (Ronald V. Clarke and Derek B. Cornish)

16. The Normal and the Pathological (Émile Durkheim)

17. Class Conflict and Law (Karl Marx)
18. Class, State, and Crime (Richard Quinney)

19. Criminal Man (Gina Lombroso-Ferrero)

20. The Jukes: A Study in Crime, Pauperism, and Heredity (Richard Dugdale)

21. Feeble-Mindedness (H. H. Goddard)

22. The Individual Delinquent (William Healy)

23. The American Criminal (Ernest A. Hooton)

24. Criminology as an Interdisciplinary Behavioral Science (C. R. Jeffery)

25. Crime and Human Nature (James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein)

26. Suicide (Émile Durkheim)

27. Social Structure and Anomie (Robert K. Merton)
28. Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency (Robert Agnew)

29. Culture Conflict and Crime (Thorsten Sellin)
30. Differential Systems of Values (Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay)

31. The Content of the Delinquent Subculture (Albert K. Cohen)

32. Lower Class Culture as a Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency (Walter B. Miller)

33. Techniques of Neutralization (Gresham M. Sykes and David Matza)

34. Differential Association (Edwin H. Sutherland)
35. A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior (Robert L. Burgess and Ronald L. Akers)

36. Delinquency and Opportunity (Richard A. Cloward and Lloyd E. Ohlin)
37. Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency (Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor Glueck)

38. A Control Theory of Delinquency (Travis Hirschi)

39. A General Theory of Crime (Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi)

40. The Dramatization of Evil (Frank Tannenbaum)

41. Primary and Secondary Deviation (Edwin Lemert)

42. Outsiders (Howard S. Becker)

43. The Etiology of Female Crime: A Review of the Literature (Dorie Klein)
44. Girls' Crime and Woman's Place: Toward a Feminist Model of Female Delinquency (Meda Chesney-Lind)

Section III. THE SOCIAL RESPONSE TO CRIME

45. Of Crimes and Punishments (Cesare Beccaria)

46. The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society (President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice)

47. Doing Justice: The Choice of Punishments (Andrew von Hirsch)

48. Punishment and Social Structure (Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer)

49. The Law of Vagrancy (William J. Chambliss)

50. Two Models of the Criminal Process (Herbert L. Packer)

51. Violence and the Police (William A. Westley)

52. A Sketch of the Policeman's "Working Personality" (Jerome H. Skolnick)

53. Police Control of Juveniles (Donald J. Black and Albert J. Reiss, Jr.)

54. The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment (George L. Kelling, Tony Pate, Duane Dieckman, and Charles E. Brown)

55. Florence Nightingale in Pursuit of Willie Sutton: A Theory of the Police (Egon Bittner)

56. Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety (James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling)

57. The Deterrent Effects of Arrest for Domestic Assault (Lawrence W. Sherman and Richard A. Berk)

58. The American Reformatory Prison System (Zebulon Reed Brockway)

59. Discipline and Punish (Michel Foucault)

60. Prisonization (Donald Clemmer)

61. The Pains of Imprisonment (Gresham M. Sykes)

62. The Inmate Social System (Gresham M. Sykes and Sheldon L. Messinger)

63. Society of Women: A Study of a Women's Prison (Rose Giallombardo)

64. Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison (Craig Haney, Curtis Banks, and Philip Zimbardo)

65. What Works?—Questions and Answers about Prison Reform (Robert Martinson)