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For courses in Criminological Theory.Offering an extensive look into the lives and times of fifteen notable crime theorists, Criminological Thought: Pioneers Past and Present examines the people who have helped shape the discipline. Using a dual table of contents, theorists are organized chronologically and by schools of thought. Each chapter highlights one thinker and includes a biographical sketch, basic assumptions, and key ideas from that individual. Critiques of each theory and a bibliography of sources is also included.
Contents
I ClassicalismCesare BeccariaBiographical Sketch Basic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyII PositivismA BiologicalCesare LombrosoBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyWilliam Herbert SheldonBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferences and BibliographyB PsychologicalSigmund FreudBiographical SketchBasic AssumtionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferences and BibliographyC EcologyRobert Ezra ParkBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyD Social LearningEdwin Hardin SutherlandBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyE Strain/Sub-CulturalDavid Emile DurkheimBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferences and BibliographyRobert K MertonBiographical SketchBasic AssumtpionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyAlbert Kircidel CohenBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferences and BibliographyLloyd OhlinBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyF ControlWalter Cade RecklessBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyGresham M'Cready SykesBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyIII Social Interaction/ConflictA Erving GoffmanBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyB Howard Saul BeckerBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliographyC Earl Richard QuinneyBiographical SketchBasic AssumptionsKey IdeasCritiqueReferencesBibliography
