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Theoretical Development of Criminology

bulletAnomie/Strain
bullet Biological Theory of Crime
bulletBiology, Behavior, and Criminal Law
bulletBiosocial trait theory
bulletBureau of Justice Assistance
bullet Conflict Theory
bullet Choice Theory
bulletConflict theories
bulletCrime and Deviance - Excellent site with many theories and theorists
bulletCrime Library - Excellent site featuring various crimes and an in-depth analysis on some of the criminals.
bulletCrime Magazine - An online periodical about past and recent crimes
bulletCrime Theory.Com - Great site dealing with criminological theories. Includes a link of the month.
bulletThe Crime Times - Research reviews and information on biological causes of violent, criminal, and psychopathic behavior
bulletCriminal Behavior Profiling
bullet Dead Sociologists Index - Several sociologists, including criminologists, are listed here
bulletDifferential Association Theory - Developed by Edwin Sutherland
bulletDisorder and Systematic Social Observation
bulletDomestic Violence Statistics
bulletDrugs and Crime - Links to community efforts and prevention, corrections, courts, drug testing, drug treatment, drug use indicators, enforcement, policy and law
bullet The Durkheim Pages - Information about the works of Emile Durkheim
bulletFeminist Theory
bulletGeneral Strain Theory - Developed by Robert Agnew
bullet Jeremy Bentham Project - A site about the influential jurist, philosopher, and social scientist
bullet Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture - from the University of New York at Albany
bulletJournals in Criminology
bullet Labeling Theory
bullet Latent trait theory
bulletLearning Theories
bullet Life course theory
bullet Marx and Engels Internet library - Complete works and biographies of the founders of Conflict theory
bulletMethodology
bulletMultifactor Theory
bulletNational Criminal Justice Reference Service
bullet The National Gang Center
bullet National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
bulletNeighborhood Effects and Social Processes
bullet North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission
bullet Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
bulletOffice for Victims of Crime
bullet Organized Crime
bulletPositivist Theory
bullet Post-Modern Theories of Crime
bullet Psychological Theory of Crime
bulletRace, Crime, and Urban Inequality
bullet Rational Choice and Deterrence Theory
bullet Social Control
bullet Social Disorganization Theory
bullet Social Learning Theories
bullet Social Structure theory
bullet Sociological Theories and Perspectives
bullet Structural Strain Theories
bullet Subculture Theories of Deviance
bulletUniform Crime Reports
bulletWestern Criminology Review
bullet White Collar Crime

 

Individual Theorists

Many of the following pages were created by students at Florida State University and have some great information about the individual theorists and their work

 
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Freda Adler - Known for developing the liberation theory of female criminality

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Robert Agnew - Developed General Strain Theory

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Ronald Akers - Social learning theorist

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Elijah Anderson - Developed the "code of the streets" theory

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Albert Bandura - Social learning theorist

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Cesare Beccaria - Known as the father of criminology, and wrote the essay, "On Crimes and Punishment"

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Howard Becker - Developed Social Reaction theory, better known as labeling theory

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Jeremy Bentham - A philosopher from the Classical School of Criminology

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William Chambliss - Conflict Theorist

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Ronald V. Clarke - Rational Choice theorist

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Richard Cloward - Revised Merton's theory of anomie

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Albert Cohen - Published Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gangs

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R.L. Dugdale - Conducted studies on heredity, especially on the Jukes family

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Michel Foucault - Conflict Theorist

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John Hagan - Developed Power-Control Theory and published Structural Criminology

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Travis Hirschi - Developed Social Control Theory and wrote the book General Theory of Crime with Michael Gottfredson

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Earnest A. Hooten - Positivist who conducted extensive research based on Lombroso's earlier work

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Edwin Lemert - Developed a labeling theory known as societal reaction theory

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Cesare Lombroso - Known as the father of modern criminology, developed work on atavism

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Karl Marx - Conflict Theorist

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David Matza - Focused his work on Juvenile Delinquency

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Robert K. Merton - Sociologist who developed a theory of anomie

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Oscar Newman - Developed the theory of Defensible Space from Social Control theory

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Richard Quinney - Philosopher who wrote greatly about crime

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Jeffrey Reiman - Developed the Pyrrhic Defeat Theory

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Georg Rusche - Developed a theory on Punishment and Social Structure

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Stanton Samenow - Conducted work on criminal personality

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Edwin Schur - Developed theories on crime and deviance

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Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay - Developed Social Disorganization theory

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Jerome Skolnick - Examined the subculture of police

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Edwin Sutherland - Developed Differential Association theory and conducted extensive research in white collar crime

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Frank Tannenbaum - Developed a labeling theory also known as the Dramatization of Evil

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Gabriel Tarde - Developed the theory of Imitation of Deviance

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Alexis de Tocqueville - Developed theories of democracy, penology and crime during the 19th century

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Marvin Wolfgang - Developed the black subculture of violence theory

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James Q. Wilson - Wrote many important books dealing with criminology during the 20th Century, including the infamous article with George Kelling, "Broken Windows."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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