Advances in Criminological Theory: Volume 2

196 Pages·1990·6.953 MB·English

by  William Laufer

ADVANCES IN
CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY
EDITORS Patricia Harris
William S. Laufer University of Texas
University of Pennsylvania John A.Johnson
Freda Adler Pennsylvania State University
Rutgers University Dorothy K. Kagehiro
Temple University
EDITORIAL BOARD Joan McCord
Celesta Albonetti Temple University
Temple University Gerhard O. W. Mueller
James Byrne Rutgers University
University of Lowell Marc Riedel
Anne Campbell Southern Illinois University
Rutgers University Carol Shapiro
Albert K. Cohen Rutgers University
University of Connecticut David Twain
Jeanette M. Covington Rutgers University
Rutgers University Neil Weiner
Deborah Denno University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania David Weisburd
Simon Dinitz Rutgers University
Ohio State University Elmar Weitekamp
Nicholas Emler University of Pennsylvania
University of Dundee Marvin Wolfgang
Hans Eysenck University of Pennsylvania
University of London
James O. Finckenaur CONSULTING EDITORS
Rutgers University Lisa Graff
Daniel George-Abeyie Temple University
Florida State University Kate Hanrahan
John J. Gibbs Indiana University (PA)
Indiana University (PA) Vera Huang
Don Gottfredson University of Pennsylvania
Rutgers University Jane Siegel
Stephen D. Gottfredson University of Pennsylvania
Temple University
ADVANCES IN
CRIM INOLOGICAL THEORY
Volume TWo
Edited by
William S. Laufer
and
Freda Adler
First published 1990 by Transaction Publishers
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To Don Cressey

Contents
List of Tables and Figures ix
Foreword xi
Lloyd E. Ohlin
1. Whose Prophet is Cesare Beccaria? An Essay on the
Origins of Criminological Theory 1
G. O. W. Mueller
2. On the Plausibility of Corporate Crime Theory 15
John Braithwaite and Brent Fisse
3. Parental Work Control and Delinquency: A Theoretical
and Empirical Critique 39
Raymond Paternoster and Charles R. Tittle
4. Legal Socialization Theory: A Precursor to Comparative
Research in the Soviet Union 71
James O. Finckenauer
5. Theoretical Explanations of Race Differences in Heroin
Use 87
Jeanette Covington
6. The Media World of Crime: A Study of Social Learning
Theory and Symbolic Interaction 115
Hans Joachim Schneider
1. Epistemological Problems in Criminology 145
Alexander Yakovlev
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8. The State of Criminology: Theoretical Decay or
Renaissance? 155
John Braithwaite
9. One Perspective on the State of Criminology 167
Joan McCord
Name Index 175
Subject Index 179
List of Tables and Figures
Tables
3.1 Type of Parental Discipline 54
3.2 Transition Matrix for Changes in Parental Disciplinary
Techniques 55
3.3 Type of Parental Discipline of Males vs. Females 56
3.4 Summary Transition Matrix 57
3.5 Transition Probabilities 57
3.6 Parental Working Class vs. Type of Discipline 61
3.7 Parental Working Class vs. Type of Discipline Five
Years Ago 61
3.8 Relationship between Nature and Strength of Parent-
Child Bond and Type of Disciplinary Technique
Employed 63
5.1 Illegal Activities Reported by Addicts 99
5.2 Description of Variables 100
5.3 Correlation Matrix for Independent Variables 105
5.4 Regression of Arrests on Independent Variables 106
5.5 Unique Contribution of Each Category of Predictors
for Arrests 107
7.1 Reification and Deification 152
Figure
3.1 Reproduction of Colvin/Pauley’s General Path Model of
Patterned Delinquency 44
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