Sociological theory and criminological research : views from Europe and the United States /

Examining the link between sociological theory and criminological research.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Deflem, Mathieu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier/JAI, 2006.
Colección:Sociology of crime, law, and deviance ; v. 7.
Temas:
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Criminalité > Aspect sociologique.
Crime & criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime > Sociological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction: The Bearing of Sociological Theory on Criminological Research
  • Sociological Theory and Criminology
  • An Overview of the Chapters
  • References
  • Part I: From Macro to Micro Models in Crime and Delinquency Analysis
  • Work and Crime: Can the Missing Link be Understood through Max Weber's Protestant Ethic*
  • Work and Crime: Theoretical and Empirical Problems
  • Methods
  • Obtaining Vocational Skills and Deviance
  • Getting Established in the Labor Market
  • Effects of Criminal Sanctioning on the Work Life
  • Learning from Max Weber
  • Notes
  • References
  • Truants and the Family: An Empirical Study of Deviant Behavior in Early Adolescence
  • Introduction
  • Anomie Theory
  • Data and Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Revisiting Merton: Continuities in the Theory of Anomie-and-Opportunity-Structures
  • Introduction
  • The Anomie-and-Opportunity-Structures Paradigm
  • (MIS)Representations of the Mertonian Paradigm
  • The Centrality of Opportunity Structures
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Criminological Implications of the Thought of George Herbert Mead
  • Key Issues in the Sociological Understanding of Crime
  • Mead's Theory of Social Control
  • Identities and Crime
  • Human Agency in Criminological Theory
  • Labeling, Deviance Amplification, and Desistance
  • Crime in the Life Course
  • Methodological Issues and Directions for Research
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Opening the Black Box: The Social Psychology of Gender and Delinquency
  • Gender Definitions Under Patriarchy
  • Gender Definitions Across Social Contexts
  • Social Psychological Dimensions of Gender Socialization and Delinquency
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Commentary on Part I: Theory and Research in the Sociology and Social Psychology of Crime and Deviance
  • Introductory and General Comments
  • Comments on Schumann's ''Work and Crime: Can the missing link be understood through Max Weber's Protestant Ethic?''
  • Comments on Dunkake's ''Truants and the Family: An Empirical study of Deviant Behavior in Early Adolescence''
  • Comments on Marwah and Deflem's ''Revisiting Merton: Continuities in the Theory of Anomie-and-Opportunity-Structures''
  • Comments on Matsueda's ''Criminological Implications of the thought of George Herbert Mead''
  • Comments on Heimer, Decoster, and Ünal's ''Opening the Black Box: The Social Psychology of Gender and Delinquency''
  • Part II: Crime and Criminal Justice in Socio-Historical Contexts
  • Identity and Intellectual Work: Biography, Theory and Research on Law Enforcement
  • Biography and Intellectual Work
  • Formal and Informal Socialisation to the Police Occupation
  • Policing and Systems Theory
  • Being told by the Story
  • References
  • Sociological Theory in the Study of Sentencing: Lighthouse for a Traveler between Continents
  • Introduction: On Airplanes and Theoretical Concepts
  • Sentencing Guidelines: What has Max Weber got to do with them?
  • Using Weber's Concepts in Empirical Research: Limits of Determinate Sentencing Schemes
  • Conclusions: On the Control of Discretion and the use of Sociological Theory in.

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