The repeat use of fatal force against unarmed people of color has driven global protests
against police violence and fueled criticism of policing as a mechanism for public safety. In …

This chapter begins with a brief review of intellectual legacy of social-mechanistic theory and
the basic ideas that animate collective efficacy theory. The concept of collective efficacy …

This book—arguably the longest longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course to date—
analyzes data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were …

Braithwaite's argument against punitive justice systems and for restorative justice systems
establishes that there are good theoretical and empirical grounds for anticipating that well …

In Criminological Theories, the noted criminologist Ronald Akers provides thorough
description, discussion, and appraisal of the leading theories of crime/delinquent behavior …

The study of desistance from crime is hampered by definitional, measurement, and
theoretical incoherence. A unifying framework can distinguish termination of offending from …

" The best organized and most comprehensive theory textbook to use for both graduate and
undergraduate students. It provides historical context to the theories, and the authors make it …

The macro-level approach reemerged as a salient criminological paradigm in the late 1970s
and early 1980s. Prompted by new theories and reformulations of existing ones, over 200 …

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

For informal justice to be restorative justice, it has to be about restoring victims, restoring
offenders, and restoring communities as a result of participation of a plurality of …