The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory recenters theory in the boldest, most thought-provoking form possible within the criminological enterprise.

Table of Contents

• The International Editorial Board
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction - Eugene McLaughlin and Tim Newburn
• Part I Contemporary Criminological Theory
• 1 Genetics and Crime - Laura A. Baker, Catherine Tuvblad and Adrian Raine
• 2 Individual Differences and Offending - Darrick Jolliffe and David P. Farrington
• 3 Social Learning Theory: Process and Structure in Criminal and Deviant Behavior - Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen
• 4 Street Collectives and Group Delinquency: Social Disorganization, Subcultures and Beyond - Simon Hallsworth and Tara Young
• 5 Strain Theories - Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina
• 6 Control Theories - Ray Paternoster and Ronet Bachman
• 7 Labelling, Social Reaction and Social Constructionism - John Muncie
• 8 Critical Criminology - Eugene McLaughlin
• 9 Integrative Criminology - Gregg Barak
• 10 Realist Criminology Revisited - Roger Matthews
• 11 Routine Activities - Sharon Chamard
• 12 Feminist Perspectives in Criminology: A Review with Gen Y in Mind - Kathleen Daly
• Part II New Directions
• 13 Life-Course and Developmental Theories in Criminology - David P. Farrington
• 14 Crime Science - Ronald V. Clarke
• 15 Psychosocial Criminology - Tony Jefferson
• 16 Cultural Criminology: The Loose Can[n]on - Jeff Ferrell
• 17 Governmental Criminology - Pat O'Malley
• 18 New Institutionalism in Criminology: Approaches, Theories and Themes - Susanne Karstedt
• 19 Defiance, Compliance and Consilience: A General Theory of Criminology - Lawrence W. Sherman
• 20 A Vision of Race, Crime, and Justice Through the Lens of Critical Race Theory - Lee E. Ross
• 21 A Green Criminology Perspective - Rob White
• 22 Global Criminology - Katja Franko Aas
• 23 Penology - Michael Cavadino
• 24 Approaches to Victims and Victimisation - Paul Rock
• 25 News Media Criminology - Chris Greer