Criminology is a smorgasbord of disparate theory and poorly integrated research findings.
Theories tend to focus either on people's crime propensity or the criminogenic inducements …

Objectives This systematic review explored factors associated with successful reintegration
into the community for male offenders and investigated which factors may be causally …

Extant research has provided support for the micro‐level predictions of rational choice
models of crime. Yet, a central feature of the rational choice perspective in the broader social …

There is massive variation in rates of violence across time and space. These rates are
positively associated with economic deprivation and inequality. They also tend to display a …

This study examines to what extent new and emerging data sources or big data have been
empirically used to measure key theoretical concepts within environmental criminology. By …

There are more than 20 theories that explain crime. Each theory has weaknesses, and no
scholar knows which theory is best. To remedy this unsatisfactory situation a new research …

Objectives To investigate how peer dynamics, specifically interpersonal conversations
between a potential offender and a peer, contemporaneous with a crime opportunity …

Group threat theory has stimulated an impressive number of studies over the course of the
past several decades. Our review takes stock of this literature, focusing on core issues of …

Objectives Motivated by recent advances in the study of disengagement from street gangs,
this research develops a theoretical framework of enduring gang membership based on …

Criminological Theory: The Essentials, Fourth Edition by Stephen G. Tibbetts and Alex R.
Piquero is a brief yet comprehensive overview of the major concepts and perspectives of the …