SOCIOLOGY 222

Violence in America

Courtwright, David T. "Violence in America." American Heritage, Volume 47, Issue 5. September 1996. Start Page 36.

Nature and Extent of Crime

Adler, Mueller and Laufer. "Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior Patterns. Chapter 2 in Criminology, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill.

Rashbaum, William K. "Falling Crime in New York Defies Trend." The New York Times, November 29, 2002.

Kennedy, Randall. "Suspect Policy." The New Republic. January 13 and 20, 1999. Pages 30-35.

Bain, Bryonn. "The Bill of Rights for Black Men: Walking While Black." The Village Voice, April 26, 2000.

Criminal Victimization

"The logic of irrational fear." Economist, 10/19/2002, Vol. 365, Issue 8295. Pages 29-30.

Shenk, Joshua Wolf. "Do 'Megan's Laws' Make a Difference?" U.S. News and World Report. March 9, 1998. Page 27.

Johnson, Michelle. "Notification Dilemmas." Quill. January 1998. Pages 9-12.

Psychological Explanations of Crime: Intelligence

Hirschi, Travis and Michael Hindelang. "Intelligence and Delinquency: A Revisionist Review." American Sociological Review 42 (August 1977), 571-587.

Classical School of Criminology: Capital Punishment

Berlow, Alan. "The Wrong Man." The Atlantic Monthly. March 1999. Pages 66-91.

Social Structure: Social Disorganization Theory

Massing, Michael. "The Blue Revolution." The New York Review 18 (March 19, 1998). Pages 32-36.

Social Structure: Subculture of Violence Theory

Anderson, Elijah. "The Code of the Streets." The Atlantic Monthly 1994.

Social Structure: Strain Theory

Merton, Robert. 1938. "Social Structure and Anomie." American Sociological Review 3: 167-179.

Social Process: Neutralization Theory

Sykes, Gresham and David Matza 1958. "Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency." American Sociological Review 22: 664-670.

Social Process: Labeling Theory

Becker, Howard. "Moral Entrepreneurs: The Creation and Enforcement of Deviant Categories." In D. Kelly (ed.) Criminal Behavior. (pp. 21-28)

Lemert, Edwin. "Primary and Secondary Deviation." Pp. 603-607. In Social Pathology. New York: McGraw-Hill 1951.

Social Control Theory

Sampson, Robert J. and John H. Laub. 1990. "Crime and Deviance over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds." American Sociological Review 55: pp. 609-627.

Violent Crime

Cannon, Carl M. July 22, 2000. "The Great Gun Divide." National Journal. Pp. 2358-2365.

Arbetter, Sandra. "Violence." Current Health 2, February 1995, Vol. 21 Issue 6. Start page 6.

White-Collar Crime and Organized Crime

Adler, Mueller and Laufer. "Organizational Criminality". Chapter 13 in Criminology, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill.

Public Order Crimes

Adler, Mueller and Laufer. "Public Order Crimes". Chapter 14 in Criminology, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill.