Out of Control: Assessing the General Theory of CrimeOut of Control promises to be a key supplemental textbook in criminology and sociology courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Providing an indispensable overview of Gottfredson and Hirschi's influential self-control theory, this fundamental text evaluates whether the theory truly helps us to understand the facts of crime. A range of prominent criminologists offers diverse views in fifteen original essays, providing students with the first proper assessment of self-control theory. This lucid book addresses important general considerations relevant to the theory, its relationship to other theories of crime, and its relevance to different types of crime. The book ends with a response from the originators of the theory, who tackle their critics' concerns and offer new explanations and revisions. This compelling text will be an asset for academics, researchers, and students interested in explaining criminal behavior. |
Contents
Out of Control? | 3 |
Measuring SelfControl | 26 |
Age Sex and Racial Distributions of Crime | 38 |
The Undeveloped Concept of Opportunity | 49 |
Parenting and SelfControl | 61 |
SelfControl and Social Learning Theory | 77 |
On the Compatibility of Social Disorganization | 102 |
A Feminist Consideration of Gender and Crime | 127 |
Violent Crime | 160 |
Property Crimes | 173 |
Drug Use and Criminal Behavior | 185 |
A Hypercritical Assessment | 203 |
The Authors Respond | 217 |
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