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Handbook on Crime and Deviance (Paperback, 2009)
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Handbook on Crime and Deviance (Paperback, 2009)
Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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The eldofcrimeanddevianceisextensiveandevergrowing.
Asinglecollectionofarticles
couldnotcapturethevariousmethods,theories,andissuesthatcomprisethekeyconcernsofthe
discipline.
Facedwiththevastarrayofpotentialtopicareasthatcouldbelegitimatelyincluded
insuchacompendium,wedecidedtouseourownlenstofocusonareasthatwedeemtobeof
continuingimportanceandthoseinwhichimportantdevelopmentshaveemerged.
Althoughwe
recognizethatmuchhasbeenexcludedfromthiscollection,wethinkwhathasbeenincorporated
shouldbeofgreatinteresttoscholarsworkinginthe
eldandtothosestudentswhoarebecoming acquaintedwithit.
Thecompendiumisdividedintofourmajorsections:(1)MethodologicalIssuesinCrime
Research;(2)ExplanationsofCrime;(3)CriminalJustice-RelatedIssues;and(4)SpecialTopics
inCrime.
Withineachsection,wehaveendeavoredtoselectauthorswhoaremajor
guresin
theareaonwhichtheywriteorareamongthoseyoungscholarswhoaredoingsomeofthe
mostimportantworkintheirareasofexpertise.
Thisblendofseniorandup-and-comingscholars
demonstratesthecontinuingvitalityofthe
eldandwehopethatvitalityemanatesfromthe selectionswehavechosen.
PartItitled"MethodologicalIssuesinCrimeResearch"containsfourchapters.
Theissues
thataredealtwithrangefromthosethatarethesourceofcontinuingdebate(arelongitudinal
designsworththeexpenseandeffort,anddothebene
tsofcomparativestudiesoutweighthe dif
cultiesinconductingthem)aswellasissuesthatareonthecuttingedgeofcriminolo-
calresearchtoday(theuseofgroup-basedstatisticalmethodologyforanalyzingdevelopmental
trajectoriesandtheuseofincident-basedreportingsystems). A Handbook
on Crime and DeviancewouldcertainlynotbecompletewithoutaPartII
titled"ExplanationsofCrime.
"Wehavenotincludedachapteroneverytheoreticalperspective
thathasbeenpartofthedisciplinarydialogue.
Rather,wehaveselectedsomeofthetheories onwhichtherehasbeensigni
cantdevelopmentoverthepast10years. Theauthorswhohave
contributedchaptersareclearlyamongthosewhoarecurrentlydoingworktoadvanceeitherthe
theoreticaldevelopmentofthoseperspectivesortheresearchagendaonthosetheories,orboth.
v vi Preface
Theyalsowereinstructedtoemphasizethemorerecentdevelopmentsoftherespectivetheories
intheirexpositions.
PartIIIcontainschaptersaddressing"CriminalJustice-RelatedIssues.
"Thereweream- iadofissuesthatcouldhavebeenaddressedinthispart.
Wechosetoseekcontributionsonissues thatrelatetheorytopractice.
Althoughweseparatethemfromourtheorysection,thesesel-
tionscouldhaveeasilybeenincludedthere.
Wealsoincludedessaysontwoissuesthatcontinue
tobeamongthosethatareofcontinuingconcern,capitalpunishment,andthein
uenceofrace
andsexintheprocessingofoffendersinthecriminaljusticesystem. Part IV
of the Handbook, "Special Topics in Crime and Deviance", is a
compilation of issuesthatcontinuetobeorhavebecome'hottopics'inour
eld. Theyrangefromgangs,guns,
peers,anddrugstoissuessuchaschildabuseanddomesticviolence,cybercrime,andhatecrime.
Thereareexcitingtheoreticalandresearchdevelopmentsintheseareas,manyofwhichhavebeen
forwardedbytheauthorsofthesechapters.
WhenrepresentativesofSpringeraskedustoassembleacompendium,theyspeci
cally
instructedustoselectarticlesbasedonourvisionofwhatwashappeninginthe
eldtoday. Wehaveendeavoredtodothat.
Moreimportantly,insolicitingchaptersfromthecontributing
authors,weaskedthemtorelyontheirviewofwhatwasofparticularcurrentinterestintheir
areaofexpertise.
Wefurtherencouragedthemtoincorporatetheirownworkintheseareasin
ordertotakefulladvantageoftheirexpertise.
Theresultisacompendiumthatincludesan-
to-dateassessmentofthestateofthe
eldonanumberofextremelyimportanttopicsincrime anddeviance.
Wethinkitwillbeavaluableresourcetoestablishedscholarsaswellasstudents
whoarebeingintroducedtothe eld. MARVIN D. KROHN Contents I.
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CRIME RESEARCH Alan J. Lizotte 1.
Contributions of Cross-National Research to Criminology at the
Beginning of the 21st Century ...3 Janet P. Stamatel
Introduction...3 WhatDoesCross-NationalCriminologyMean? ...4
TheValueOfCross-NationalCriminology...5
AskingDifferentQuestions...6 Macro-levelExplanations...7
ContextualizingCrimeinTimeandSpace ...8
MethodologicalChallengesAndNewDevelopments...9
QuantitativeApproaches ...9 QualitativeApproaches ...12
TheoreticalChallengesAndNewDevelopments ...13 GrandTheories ...14
AdaptingIntra-nationalTheoriestotheCross-NationalSetting ...15
NewDirectionsforCross-NationalCrimeTheories ...16 Conclusions...18
References ...18 2. Studying the Crime Problem with NIBRS Data:
Current Uses and Future Trends ...23 Lynn A. Addington
Introduction...23 OverviewOfNIBRS ...24
OriginsofNIBRSandInitialGoalsforIncident-BasedCrimeData...24
InformationCollectedbyNIBRS...2 5 vii viii Contents
LawEnforcementParticipationinNIBRS...28
CurrentUsesOfNIBRSDataToResearchCrime...30
EarlyUsesofNIBRSData...30 ExamplesofCurrentUsesforNIBRSData ...30
ChallengesToUsingNIBRSData ...34 Challenge1:ConcernswithDataQuality
...34 Challenge2:LimitationswithPolice-GeneratedCrimeData ...35
Challenge3:AnalyticalComplexityofNIBRSData ...35
FutureTrendsInUsingNIBRSDataToStudyCrime ...35
AddressingChallenge1:ConcernswithDataQuality ...36
AddressingChallenge2:LimitationswithPolice-GeneratedCrimeData ...38
AddressingChallenge3:AnalyticalComplexityofNIBRSData...39
Conclusion...39 References ...40 3. Longitudinal Data and Their
Uses...43 Alan J. Lizotte, David McDowall, and Nicole M. Schmidt
Introduction...43 TheRochesterYouthDevelopmentStudy ...44 Data...44
Measures...44 Cross-SectionalVersusLongitudinalData ...46
ExamplesofDifferencesBetweenCross-SectionalandLongitudinal Analyses
...46 Conclusions...56 References ...
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