criminology: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Broad coverage of criminology is provided in Mike Maguire, Rod Morgan, and Robert Reiner (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 3rd ed. (2002); and Larry J. Siegel, Criminology, 8th ed. (2003). Theories of criminology are explored in Ronald L. Akers and Christine Sharon Sellers, Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, and Application, 5th ed. (2007); and George B. Vold, Thomas J. Bernard, and Jeffrey B. Snipes, Theoretical Criminology, 5th ed. (2002).

Research methods are the subject of Michael G. Maxfield and Earl Babbie, Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, 4th ed. (2006). Policy considerations and their relationship to criminological research are the subject of Samuel Walker, Sense and Nonsense About Crime and Drugs: A Policy Guide, 6th ed. (2006).

Some specific works representing the diversity of theory and research in criminology are Marvin E. Wolfgang, Robert M. Figlio, and Thorsten Sellin, Delinquency in a Birth Cohort (1972, reissued 1987); Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub, Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life (1993); and Lawrence W. Sherman, Janell D. Schmidt, and Dennis P. Rogan, Policing Domestic Violence (1992).

Thomas J. Bernard

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Add new Web site: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Scholarly Commons - The Historical Development of Criminology. Oct 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Introduction to Criminology - Introduction. Jun 01, 2024
Add new Web site: North Central College - What is Criminology? Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Introduction To Criminology. Jan 11, 2024
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - What is Criminology? Nov 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Maryville University - What is criminology? The study of crime and the criminal mind. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Business LibreTexts - Theories That Characterize Criminology. Jun 15, 2023
Cross-reference added. Apr 12, 2023
Add new Web site: The Balance Careers - What is Criminology? Oct 18, 2019
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - What is Criminology? Aug 20, 2013
Added photograph. Jun 03, 2009
Bibliography revised and updated. Nov 14, 2007
Article revised and updated. Nov 14, 2007
Added new Web site: University Of Leicester - Department of Criminology. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Indiana State University - Department of Criminology And Criminal Justice. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: University of Cambridge United Kingdom - Institute Of Criminology. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: California State University - Department Of Criminology. Oct 08, 2007
Added new Web site: North Carolina Wesleyan College - Justice Studies Department - The Criminology Mega-Site. Aug 17, 2007
Added new Web site: Ohio University - Department of Sociology - An Educational Resource for the Learning, Researching, and Teaching of Theoretical Criminology. Aug 17, 2007
Added new Web site: Ohio University - Department of Sociology - An Educational Resource for the Learning, Researching, and Teaching of Theoretical Criminology. Aug 17, 2007
Added new Web site: North Carolina Wesleyan College - Justice Studies Department - The Criminology Mega-Site. Aug 17, 2007
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