Handbook on Crime and Deviance

I. Methodological Issues in Criminological Research; Alan Lizotte. - 1. Place-Based Data, Methods and Analysis: Past, present, and Future; Martin Andresen and Tarah Hodgkinson. - 2. NIBRS as the New Normal: What Fully Incident-Based Crime Data Mean for Researchers; Lynn A. Addington. - 3. Ethical Controversies In Engaged Research Nicole Janich and David E. Duffee. - 4. Victimization at Schools and on College and University Campuses: Historical Development and Applications of Opportunity Framework, Leah C. Butler, Teressa C. Kulig, Bonnie S. Fisher and Pamela Wilcox. - II. Explanations of Crime; Marvin D. Krohn. - 5. The Biosocial Perspective: A Brief Overview and Potential Contributions to Criminological Theory; Joseph A. Schwartz, Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver. - 6. The Social Learning Theory of Crime and Deviance; Ronald L. Akers and Wesley G. Jennings. - 7. Self-Control Theory: Theoretical and Research Issues; Michael Rocque and Alex R. Piquero. - 8. General Strain Theory; RobertAgnew and Timothy Brezina. - 9. Institutional-Anomie Theory: An Evolving Research Program; Steven F. Messner, Richard Rosenfeld and Andreas Hövermann. - 10. Labeling Theory; Jón Gunnar Bernburg. - 11. Social Disorganization Theory: Past, Present and Future, Charis E. Kubrin and Michelle D. Mioduszewski. - 12. Social Support and Crime; Cecilia Chouhy. - 13. Control Balance Theory of Deviance; Charles R. Tittle and Cindy Brooks Dollar. - 14. Situational Action Theory: A General, Dynamic and Mechanism-Based Theory of Crime and its Causes; Per-Olof H Wikström. - 15. Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Crime and Deviance; Jeffrey T. Ward. - 16. The Great American Crime Decline : Possible Explanations; Maria Tcherni-Buzzeo. - III. Criminal Justice Issues. - 17. Targeted Policing for Crime Reduction; Anthony A. Braga and Lisa Barao. - 18. Situational Crime Prevention: Theory, Practice and Evidence; John E. Eck and Ronald V. Clarke. - 19. Desistance from Crime: Past to Present; Michael Rocque and Lisa Slivken. - 20. American Capital Punishment Over Changing Times: Policies and Practices; James R. Acker. - 21. Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System: Issues and Considerations; Erin M. Falconer. - 22. Hate Crimes: Perspectives on Offending and the Law; Ryan D. King. - 23. Cybercrime; Catherine D. Marcum and George E. Higgins. - IV. Special Topics in Crime and Deviance. - 24. The Crucial Role of Friendships and Peer Relationships in the Etiology of Crime, Deviance, and Substance Use; John H. Boman, IV. - 25. Youth Gangs: Structures and Group Violence; James C. Howell. - 26. Comorbidity of Substance Use and Violence; Helene R. White, Fiona N. Conway, and Judit H. Ward. - 27. Shots in the Dark: Enlightening the Gun Control Debate; Richard L. Legault, Nicole Hendrix and Alan J. Lizotte. - Chapter 28. Family Violence and Delinquency; Timothy O. Ireland, Carolyn A. Smith and Cheyenne Loveland. - 29. Environmental and Green Crime; Matt Nobles. - 30. Employment, Crime, and Devianceacross the Life-Course; John M. Eassey. - 31. Terrorist Decision-Making, Ideology and Counterterrorism; Rose Bellandi.