Criminology - I - Oxford Bibliographies
Racial Profiling
Roger Dunham, Jeff Rojek
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Racial Profiling Introduction One of the most significant problems facing all societies, and American society in particular, is the use of race...
Rape and Sexual Assault
Janet Lauritsen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Rape and Sexual Assault Introduction Scholarly attention to the subject of rape and sexual assault involves a wide array of issues, including a...
Rational Choice Theories
John Paul Wright
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Rational Choice Theories Introduction Rational choice theory and its assumptions about human behavior have been integrated into numerous cr...
Rehabilitation
Beth M. Huebner
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Rehabilitation Introduction Rehabilitation is a central goal of the correctional system. This goal rests on the assumption that individuals...
Restorative Justice
Janet Lauritsen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Restorative Justice Introduction Restorative justice refers to a general philosophy, model, or way of practicing justice that stands in contras...
Routine Activity Theories
Per-Olof H. Wikström
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Routine Activity Theories Introduction Routine activity theory, like the related lifestyle-exposure theory, emerged as a key theoretical ap...
School Crime and Violence
Allison Payne
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
School Crime and Violence Introduction Although school-related deaths, violent victimizations in school, and overall school crime have declin...
Seasonality and Crime
Kristin Carbone-Lopez
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Seasonality and Crime Introduction There is a long history within criminology and related disciplines (such as psychology and psychiatry) of s...
Self-Control, The General Theory:
John Paul Wright
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
The General Theory: Self-Control Introduction The "General Theory" of self-control posited in Gottfredson and Hirschi 1990 (see General Ove...
Sentencing Guidelines
Brian D. Johnson
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Sentencing Guidelines Introduction Sentencing guidelines are formal sentencing recommendations that provide benchmarks for appropriate punishme...
Sentencing Policy
Andres F. Rengifo
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sentencing Policy Introduction Sentencing policies govern the administration of legal sanctions for individuals convicted of a criminal offense...
Sex Crimes
Karen Terry
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sex Crimes Introduction Sex offenders constitute a heterogeneous group of individuals. The term “sex offender” is applied to individuals wh...
Sex Trafficking
Edward J. Schauer, Ila J. Schauer
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Sex Trafficking Introduction Sex trafficking is the forcing or coercion of persons into the commercial sex trade. The victims of sex trafficki...
Situational Action Theory
Per-Olof H. Wikström
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Situational Action Theory Introduction Situational action theory (SAT) is a newly developed general theory of moral action and crime that a...
Snitching and Use of Criminal Informants
Alexandra Natapoff
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Snitching and Use of Criminal Informants Introduction Criminal informants occupy a central role in the US criminal system. Police rely heavily ...
Social and Intellectual Context of Criminology, The
Joachim J. Savelsberg
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
The Social and Intellectual Context of Criminology Introduction A hallmark of established academic fields is systematic self-reflection and sci...
Social Construction of Crime, The
Richard Rosenfeld
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
The Social Construction of Crime Introduction Behaviors become crimes through a process of social construction. The same behavior may be co...
Social Control Theory
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Nancy A. Morris
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Social Control Theory Introduction Unlike most criminology theories that purport to explain why people offend, control theory offers the justi...
Social Disorganization
Andres F. Rengifo
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Social Disorganization Introduction Social disorganization is a theoretical perspective that explains ecological differences in levels ...
Social Ecology of Crime
Per-Olof H. Wikström
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Social Ecology of Crime Introduction Social (or human) ecology may be broadly defined as the study of the social and behavioral consequence...
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