Course Readings

Week 1: REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Dugdale, R. (1994). The Jukes:  A study in crime, pauperism, and heredity. Links to an external site. (Read entire book). 
• Goddard, H. H.  (1912). The Kallikak  family: A study of the heredity of  feeble-mindedness. Links to an external site.(Note:  Read portions of book, not entire book, Parts I.-IV.). 
• Gould, S. J. (1978, May 5). Morton’s ranking of races by cranial capacity. Science,4341, 503-509. Links to an external site.
• Hirschi, T., & Hindelang, M. J. (1977). Intelligence and delinquency:  A revisionist review. American Sociological Review, 42, 571-587. Links to an external site.
• Lyman, D.,  Moffitt. T. E., & Stouthamer-Loeber, M. (1993). Explaining the relation between IQ and delinquency:  Class, race, test motivation, school failure or self-control. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 187-196. Links to an external site.
• Ward, D. A., & Tittle, C. R. (1994). IQ and delinquency:  A test of two competing explanations. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 10(3), 189-212. Links to an external site.
• Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2004). Female juvenile offenders:  Defining an early-onset pathway for delinquency. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 439-452. Links to an external site.
• Rocque, M., Welsh, B. C., & Raine, A. (2012).  Biosocial criminology and modern crime  prevention.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 40, 306-312. Links to an external site.
• Vaughn, M. G. (2016). Policy implications of biosocial criminology. Criminology & Public Policy, 15(3), 703-710. Links to an external site.
• Ling, S., Umbach, R., & Raine, A. (2019). Biological explanations of criminal behavior. Psychology, Crime & Law, 25(6), 626-240. Links to an external site.

Week 2:  REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Sampson, R. J., & Groves, W. B. (1989). Community structure and crime: Testing social disorganization theory. American Journal of Sociology, 94, 774-802. Links to an external site.
• Veysey, B. M., & Messner, S. F. (1999). Further testing of social disorganization theory: An elaboration of Sampson and Groves' community structure and crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 36(2), 156-174. Links to an external site.
• Martinez, R., Rosenfeld, R., & Mares, D. (2008). Social disorganization, drug market activity, and neighborhood violent crime. Urban Affairs Review, 43, 846-873. Links to an external site.
• Matsueda, R. L. (1988). The current state of differential association theory. Crime and Delinquency, 34, 277-306. Links to an external site.
• Akers, R. L., Krohn, M. D., Lanza-Kaduce, L., & Radosevich, M. (1979). Social learning and deviant behavior:  A specific test of a general theory.  American Sociological Review, 44, 636-655. Links to an external site.
• Haynie, D. L. (2002). Friendship networks and delinquency: The relative nature of peer delinquency. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 18(2), 99-134. Links to an external site.       
• Piquero, N. L., Tibbetts, S. G., & Blankenship, M. B. (2005). Examining the role of differential association and techniques of neutralization in explaining corporate crime.  Deviant Behavior, 26, 159-188. Links to an external site.
• Pratt, T. C., Cullen, F. T., Sellers, C. S., Winfree, L. T., Madensen, T. D., Daigle, L. E., Fearn, N. E., & Gau, J. M. (2010).  The empirical status of social learning theory: A meta-analysis.  Justice Quarterly, 27(6), 765-802. Links to an external site.
• Mowan, T. J., & Boman, J. H. (2018). The duality of the peer effect: The interplay between peer support and peer criminality on offending and substance use during reentry. Crime and Delinquency, 64(8), 1094-1116. Links to an external site.

Week 3:  REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Merton, R. K. (1938). Social structure and anomie. American Sociological Review, 3, 672-682. Links to an external site.
• Messner, S. F. (1988). Merton’s ‘social structure and anomie:’ The road not taken. Deviant Behavior, 9, 33-53. Links to an external site.
• Bjerregaard, B., & Cochran, J. K. (2008). A cross-national test of institutional anomie theory: Do the strength of other social institutions mediate or moderate the effects of the economy on the rate of crime.  Western Criminological Review, 91(1), 31-48. Links to an external site.
• Burton, V. S., & Cullen, F. T. (1992). The empirical status of strain theory. Journal of Crime and Justice, 15(2), 1-30. Links to an external site.
• Burton, V. S., Cullen. F. T., Evans, D., & Dunaway, R. G. (1994). Reconsidering strain theory: Operationalization, rival theories, and adult criminality. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 10, 213-239. Links to an external site.
• Agnew, R., Cullen, F. T., Burton, V. S., Evans, T. D., & Dunaway, R. G. (1996).  A new test of classic strain theory. Justice Quarterly, 13, 681-704. Links to an external site.
• Baron, S. W. (2006). Street youth, strain theory, and crime. Journal of Criminal Justice, 34, 209-223. Links to an external site.
• Feldmeyer, B., & Cui, W. (2015). Assessing the sources of Asian versus non-Asian disparities in delinquency. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 13(1), 30-58. Links to an external site.
• Weld, D., & Roche, S. (2017). A matter of time: A partial test of institutional anomie theory using cross-national time use data. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 33(2), 71-395. Links to an external site.

Week 4: REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Agnew, R. (1992). Foundation for a general strain theory of crime and delinquency. Criminology, 30, 47-87. Links to an external site.
• Agnew, R., & White, H. R. (1992). An empirical test of general strain theory. Criminology, 30, 475-499. Links to an external site.
• Paternoster, R. & Mazerolle, P. (1994). General strain theory and delinquency:  A replication and extension. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 31, 235-263. Links to an external site.
• Piquero, N. L., & Sealock, M. D. (2004). Gender and general strain theory: A preliminary test of Broidy and Agnews’s GST hypotheses. Justice Quarterly, 21, 125-158. Links to an external site.
• Sharp, S. F., Brewster, D., & Love, S. R. (2005). Disentangling strain, personal attributes, affective response, and deviance: A gendered analysis. Deviant Behavior, 26, 133-157. Links to an external site.
• Jang, S. J., & Johnson, B. R. (2005). Gender, religiosity, and reactions to strain among African-Americans. The Sociological Quarterly, 46, 323-357. Links to an external site.
• Kaufman, J. M., Rebellon, C. J., Thaxton, S., & Agnew, R. (2008). A general strain theory of racial differences in criminal offending. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 41(3), 421-437. Links to an external site.
• Moon, B., & Morash, M. (2012). General strain theory as a basis for the design of school interventions.  Crime & Delinquency, 59, 886-909. Links to an external site.
• Button, D. M. (2016). Understanding the effects of victimization: Applying general strain theory to the experiences of LGBQ youth.  Deviant Behavior, 37(5), 537-556. Links to an external site.
• Wells, E. L., & Rankin, J. H. (1988). Direct parental controls and delinquency.  Criminology, 26, 263-285. Links to an external site.
• Ford, J. A. (2009).  Nonmedical prescription drug use among adolescents. Youth &  Society, 40, 336-352. Links to an external site.

Week 5: REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Evans, T. D., Cullen, F. T., Burton, V. S., Dunaway, R. G., & Benson, M. L. (1997). The social consequences of self-control: Testing the general theory of crime. Criminology, 35(3), 475-500. Links to an external site.
• Grasmick, H. G., Tittle, C. R., Bursik, R. J., & Arneklev, B. J. (1993).  Testing the core empirical implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 30, 5-29. Links to an external site.
• Burton, V. S., Cullen, F. T., Evans, T. D., Alarid, L. F., & Dunaway, R. G. (1998).  Gender, self-control, and crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 35, 123-147. Links to an external site.
• LaGrange, T. C., & Silverman, R. A. (1999).  Low self-control and opportunity: Testing the general theory of crime as an explanation for gender differences in delinquency. Criminology, 37(1), 41-72. Links to an external site.
• Piquero, A. R., MacDonald, J., Dobrin, A., Daigle, L. E., & Cullen, F. T. (2005).  Self-control, violent offending, and homicide victimization: Assessing the general theory of crime. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21, 55-71. Links to an external site.
• Burt, C. H., Simons, R. L., & Simons, L. G. (2006). A longitudinal test of the effects of parenting and the stability of self-control: Negative evidence for the general theory of crime. Criminology, 44(2), 353-396. Links to an external site.
• Higgins, G. E. (2007). Digital piracy, self-control theory, and rational choice: An examination of the role of value.  International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 1(1), 33-55. Links to an external site.
• Vera, E. P., & Moon, B. (2013). An empirical test of low self-control theory: Among Hispanic youth.  Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice, 11(1), 79-93. Links to an external site.
• Quisenberry, P. (2015).  Texting and driving:  Can it be explained by the general theory of crime?  American Journal of Criminal Justice, 40(2), 303-316. Links to an external site.
• Lianos, H., & McGrath, A. (2018). Can the general theory of crime and general strain theory explain cyberbullying perpetration? Crime & Delinquency, 64(5), 674-700. Links to an external site.

Week 7:  REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Laub, J. H., & Sampson, R. J. (1993).  Turning points in the life course:  Why change matters to the study of crime.  Criminology, 31(3), 301-325. Links to an external site.
• Laub, J. H., & Lauritsen, J. L. (1994).  The precursors of criminal offending across the life course. Federal Probation, 58, 51-57. Links to an external site. (Note:  Article is catalogued wrong under the name Corbett and Petersilia who were the editors of the edition).
• Horney, J., Osgood, D. W., & Marshall, I. H. (1995). Criminal careers in the short-term: intra-individual variability in crime and its relation to local life circumstances. American Sociological Review, 60, 655-673. Links to an external site.
• Wright, J. P., & Cullen, F. T. (2004). Employment, peers, and lifecourse transitions.  Justice Quarterly, 21, 183-205. Links to an external site.
• Maume, M. O., Ousey, G. C., & Beaver, K. (2005). Cutting the grass: A reexamination of the link between marital attachment, delinquent peers, and desistance from marijuana use. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21, 27-53. Links to an external site.
• Blokland, A., & Nieuwbeerta, P. (2005). The effects of life circumstances on longitudinal trajectories of offending. Criminology, 43, 1203-1240. Links to an external site.
• Craig, J., & Foster, H. (2013).  Desistance in the transition to adulthood: The role of marriage, military, and gender.  Deviant Behavior, 34, 208-233. Links to an external site.
• Doherty, E. E., & Ensminger, M. E. (2013). Marriage and offending among a cohort of disadvantaged African Americans.  Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, 50(1),104-131. Links to an external site.
• Doherty, E. E., & Bersani, B. E. (2016).  Understanding the mechanisms of desistance at the intersection of race, gender, and neighborhood context.  Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, 53 (5), 681-670. Links to an external site.
• Valdez, A., Nowotny, K. M., Zhao, Q. W., & Cepeda, A. (2019). Interpersonal partner relationships, bonds to children, and information social control among persistent male  offenders.  Social Problems. 66(3), 468-483. Links to an external site.

Week 8:  REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Tittle, C. R., & Rowe, A. R. (1974). Certainty of arrest and crime rates:  A further test of the deterrence hypothesis. Social Forces, 52, 455-462. Links to an external site.
• Geerken, M., & Gove, W. R. (1977).  Deterrence, overload, and incapacitation: An empirical evaluation. Social Forces, 56(2), 424-447. Links to an external site.
• Chamlin, M. B., Grasmick, H. G., Bursik, R. J., & Cochran, J. K. (1992). Time- aggregation and time-lag in macro-level deterrence research. Criminology, 30, 377-395. Links to an external site.
• Matthews, S. K., & Agnew, R. (2008). Extending deterrence theory: Do delinquent peers condition the relationship between perceptions of getting caught and offending? Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 45, 91-118. Links to an external site.
• Cohen, L. E., & Felson, M. (1979). Social change and crime rate trends: A routine activity approach. American Sociological Review, 44, 588-608. Links to an external site.
• Dugan, L., LaFree, G., & Piquero, A. R. (2005).  Testing a rational choice model of airline hijackings.  Criminology,43(4), 1031-1065. Links to an external site.
• Cechaviciute, I., & Kenny, D. T. (2007). The relationship between neutralizations and perceived delinquent labeling on criminal history in young offenders serving community orders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 816-829. Links to an external site.
• Reyns, B. W. (2013). Online routines and identity theft victimization: Further expanding routine activity theory beyond direct-contact offenses.  Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, 50(2), 216-238. Links to an external site.
• Leukfeldt, E. R., & Yar, M. (2016).  Applying routine activity theory to cybercrime: A theoretical and empirical analysis.  Deviant Behavior, 37(3), 264-280. Links to an external site.
• Walters, G. D. (2018). Change in the perceived certainty of punishment as an inhibitor of post-juvenile offending in serious delinquents: Deterrence at the adult transition. Crime and Delinquency, 64(10), 1306-1325. Links to an external site.

Week 9:  REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Loeber, R., & Stouthamer-Loeber, M. (1996). The development of offending.  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 23(1), 12-24. Links to an external site.
• Donnellan, M. B., Xiaojia, G., & Wenk, E. (2000). Cognitive abilities in adolescent limited and life-course-persistent criminal offenders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109(3), 396-402. Links to an external site.
• Moffitt, T. E, Caspi, A., Harrington, H., & Milne, B.J. (2002). Males on the life-course-persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways: Follow-up at age 26 years. Development and Psychopathology, 14(1), 179-207. Links to an external site.
• Boutwell, B. B., Barnes, J. C., & Beaver, K. M. (2013). Life-course persistent offenders and the propensity to commit sexual assault. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research & Treatment, 25(1), 69-81. Links to an external site.
• Patterson, G. R., & DeBaryshe, B., & Ramsey, E.  (1989). A developmental perspective on antisocial behavior.  American Psychologist, 44, 329-335. Links to an external site.
• Cleckley, H. (1988).   Links to an external site.The mask of sanity. Links to an external site.  (Note:  Read Part III).
• Rafter, N. H. (1997). Psychopathology and the evolution of criminological knowledge. Theoretical Criminology, 1(2), 235-259. Links to an external site.
• Kohlberg, L. & Hersh, R. H. (1977). Moral development:  A review of the theory. Links to an external site. 
• Caldwell, M., Skeem, J., Salekin, R., & Van Rybroek, G. (2006). Treatment response of adolescent offenders with psychopathy features: A 2-year follow-up. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 33, 571-596. Links to an external site.
• Fox, B. H., Jennings, Wesley G., & Farrington, D. P. (2015).  Bringing psychopathy into developmental and life-course criminology theories and research.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 43(4), 274-289. Links to an external site.

 

Week 10:  REQUIRED ARTICLES

• Simpson, S. (1989). Feminist theory, crime, and justice. Criminology, 27, 605-631. Links to an external site.
• Martin, K., Vieraitis, L. M., & Britto, S. (2006). Gender equality and women’s absolute status:  A test of the feminist models of rape.  Violence Against Women,12, 321-339. Links to an external site.
• Saulters-Tubbs, C. (1993). Prosecutorial and judicial treatment of female offenders. Federal Probation, 57, 37-42. Links to an external site.
• Hagan, J., Payne, M. R., & Shedd, C. (2005). Race, ethnicity, and youth perceptions of criminal injustice. American Sociological Review, 70, 381-407. Links to an external site.
• Steffensmeir, D., & Demuth, S. (2006). Does gender modify the effects of race-ethnicity on criminal sanctioning?  Sentences for male and female white, black, and Hispanic defendants.  Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 22, 241-261. Links to an external site.
• Bush-Baskette, S. R., & Smith, V. C. (2012).  Is meth the new crack for women in the war on drugs?  Factors affecting sentencing outcomes for women and parallels between meth and crack.  Feminist Criminology, 7, 48-69. Links to an external site.
• Bernard, A. (2013).  The intersectional alternative: explaining female criminality.  Feminist Criminology, 8, 3-19. Links to an external site.
• Cook, K. J. (2016).  Has criminology awakened from its “androcentric slumber?” Feminist Criminology, 11(4), 334-353. Links to an external site.
• Sutton, T. E., & Simons, L. G. (2020). A longitudinal test of a feminist pathways model among black youth: Incorporating racial discrimination and school difficulties. Feminist Criminology, 1-21. Links to an external site.

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