CRIM1004 Theoretical Criminology

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- Feminist Criminology (by Renzetti - search within book for "intimate partner violence" - includes marxist and feminist perspectives)
- Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
- The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology : On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality (ch. 15-16)
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Box 2: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: social learning theory
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Box 2: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: critical criminology
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- A multi-theoretical framework to explain same-sex intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization

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"intimate partner violence" AND "social learning"
"intimate partner violence" AND strain
"intimate partner violence" AND critical criminology
"intimate partner violence" AND "criminological theory"

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Search for the following articles:
- Using structural equations to model Akers' social learning theory with data on intimate partner violence
- The Development of Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence
- A Combined Model of Ecological Systems Theory and Social Learning Theory to Understand the Acquisition of Intimate Partner Violence
- The specific deterrent effects of criminal sanctions for intimate partner violence: A meta-analysis
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Search for the following book:
- The Handbook of Criminological Theory (see ch. 15 - feminist theory)
- Criminology : Explaining Crime and Its Context (search within book for rape and then see the results in Part 2)
- Criminology : A Sociological Introduction (see from pp. 106-110 and any other relevant sections)
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Note: At a quick glance, some of the articles don't get to the point quickly (they waffle on a bit). Try the books listed below for feminist theory (unless an article really jumps out at you).

Box 1: Leave the word contains to the left of the search box and enter this word: rape
Box 2: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: rational choice
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rape AND "social learning"
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- An application of the rational choice approach to the offending process of sex offenders: A closer look at the decision-making
- A descriptive model of the hunting process of serial sex offenders: A rational choice perspective (click on all 13 versions under the record and then click on the psu link to the right)
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Search for the following book:
- Technocrime and Criminological Theory
- Cyber Criminology
- Cybercrime and Digital Forensics : An Introduction (ch. 11)
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Box 2: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: strain theory
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Box 1: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: computer crime
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Box 1: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: computer crime
Box 2: leave the word contains to the left and type Beccaria in the search box
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After you have looked through the results, try the same search but use the name Bentham instead of Beccaria. Bentham and Beccaria were theorists from the Classical School.

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cybercrime AND strain
cybercrime AND deviance
cybercrime AND labelling
technology AND crime AND criminological theory

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- Just married: the synergy between feminist criminology and the Tripartite Cybercrime Framework
- An explanatory model of cyberattacks drawn from rational choice theory
- Institutional Anomie Theory and Cybercrime—Cybercrime and the American Dream, Now Available Online
- Piracy on the High Speeds: A Test of Social Learning Theory on Digital Piracy among College Students
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Search for the following book:
- The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism (see part III)
- The Handbook of Criminological Theory (search within book for terrorism)
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Note: Beccaria was one of the main theorists in the classical school

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Search for the following articles:
- Sociological and criminological explanations of terrorism
- Terrorism: Exploring Criminology Theories
- A paradoxical analysis of social learning theory as applied to the potential reform of terrorist offenders
- Can social bonds and social learning theories help explain radical violent extremism?
- Radicalism in Indonesia in the Perspective
of Merton’s Strain Theory
- The Theorizing of Terrorism Within Criminology
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Search for the following book:
- Introduction to Criminological Theory (search within book for violence).
- The Handbook of Criminological Theory (search within book for "violent crime")
- Criminological Theories : Introduction and Evaluation (search within book for "violent crime")
- The Nurture Versus Biosocial Debate in Criminology : On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality (ch. 12, also search within book for violent).
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Box 1: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: violent crime
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After you have looked through the results, try the same search but use the name Bentham instead of Beccaria. Bentham and Beccaria were theorists from the Classical School.

Box 1: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: violent crime
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- Developmental trajectories of nonsocial reinforcement and offending in adolescence and young adulthood
- Violent victimization, confluence of risks and the nature of criminal behavior (discusses strain theory)
- Homeless youth, strain, and justice system involvement: An application of general strain theory

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"violent crime" AND strain
"violent crime" AND labeling
"violent crime" AND Bentham
"violent crime" AND "rational choice"
"violent crime" AND criminological theory

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Search for the following articles:
- Building on the foundation of general strain theory
- Macro-level strain theory: examining the roles of strain, negative affect, emotion regulation, social support, and collective efficacy on community violence (thesis)
- Can rational choice be considered a general theory of crime
- Masculine Identity and Aggressive Behavior among Illegal Motorcycle Riders from Social Learning Theory
- Vicarious peer victimization and adolescent violence
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Search for the following books:
- The Handbook of White-Collar Crime (see ch. 11-12)
- White-Collar Crime : An Opportunity Perspective (see ch. 3)
- Crime & Criminology (search within book for "white collar")
- International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime (search within book for labelling or marxist or rational - one word at a time)
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Box 1: select 'is exact' to the left of the search box and enter this phrase: white collar crime
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"white collar crime" AND strain
"white collar crime" AND deviance
"white collar crime" AND labelling

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Search for the following articles:
- Explaining white‐collar crime: Individual‐level theories
- A criminological profile of white-collar crime
- A rose by any other name: State criminality and the limits of social learning theory
- White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers
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Most of the referencing information for these publications can be found by clicking on the little quote mark under each record. If some of this information is missing, check the headers and footers of the article you are reading.