Criminology - I - Oxford Bibliographies
Identity Theft
Heith Copes, Anastasia Brown
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Identity Theft Introduction No precise definition of identity theft exists, but most agree that it occurs when someone misuses another individ...
Immigration, Crime, and Justice
Ramiro Martinez
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Immigration, Crime, and Justice Introduction The study of immigration, crime, and justice broadly involves research on the effects of immig...
Incarceration, Mass
Christopher Wildeman
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Mass Incarceration Introduction Whether called mass incarceration, mass imprisonment, the prison boom, the carceral state, or hyperincarceratio...
Institutional Anomie Theory
Jukka Savolainen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Institutional Anomie Theory Introduction As a distinct explanatory framework, institutional anomie theory emerged in criminology in the mid-199...
Integrated Theory
Del Elliot
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Integrated Theory Introduction Integrated theories are theories that combine the concepts and central propositions from two or more prior exis...
Interpersonal Violence, Historical Patterns of
Rosemary Gartner
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Historical Patterns of Interpersonal Violence Introduction A number of definitions of violence have been proposed by scholars, but probably the...
Investigation, Criminal
Richard Ward
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Criminal Investigation Introduction Criminal investigation as a discipline within the fields of law enforcement (criminal justice) that focuses...
Juvenile Delinquency
Terrance J. Taylor
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Juvenile Delinquency Introduction Juvenile delinquency has received substantial recognition as a pressing social problem. What is encompassed b...
Juvenile Justice System, The
Terrance J. Taylor
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
The Juvenile Justice System Introduction The American juvenile justice system is an often-misunderstood component of our justice system. Develo...
Labor Markets and Crime
Robert D. Crutchfield
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Labor Markets and Crime Introduction There are few beliefs about the causes of crime more ubiquitous than that unemployment is an important cau...
Legitimacy
Brian Forst
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Legitimacy Introduction Legitimacy is the essential but ambiguous foundation of the criminal justice system: essential because the system cannot...
Local Institutions and Neighborhood Crime
Randy Gainey, Ruth A. Triplett
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Local Institutions and Neighborhood Crime Introduction The foundation for thinking about “neighborhood institutions” and their role in controll...
Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Crime, The
Shannon Reid, George Tita
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
The Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Crime Introduction The mapping and spatial analysis of crime covers a broad range of techniques and has bee...
Mass Media, Crime, and Justice
Raymond Surette
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Mass Media, Crime, and Justice Introduction The impact of the mass media on crime and justice is recognized as substantial, and serious interest...
Measuring Crime
Lynn A. Addington
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Measuring Crime Introduction The measurement of crime is an important topic, but it is frequently overlooked by criminologists. This slight is ...
Meta-analysis in Criminology
Travis Pratt
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Meta-Analysis in Criminology Introduction The empirical status of the research on any particular topic in criminology is usually established th...
Motor Vehicle Theft
Heith Copes
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
Motor Vehicle Theft Introduction Motor vehicle theft involves the unlawful taking or attempted taking of a motor vehicle. Motor vehicle theft...
Neutralization Theory
Heith Copes
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
Neutralization Theory Introduction According to Gresham Sykes and David Matza, acts that violate norms or go against beliefs can carry with...
Offender Decision-Making and Motivation
Volkan Topalli
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Offender Decision-Making and Motivation Introduction Though it may seem odd to think of it as such, breaking the law (i.e., criminality) is a s...
Offense Specialization/Expertise
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Offense Specialization/Expertise Introduction The notion of a career in crime, similar to an upward trajectory along a legitimate occupatio...
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