Handbook on Crime and Deviance

I. Methodological Issues in Criminological Research; Alan Lizotte.- 1. Place-Based Data, Methods and Analysis: Past, present, and Future; Martin Andresen and Tarah Hodgkinson.- 2. NIBRS as the New Normal: What Fully Incident-Based Crime Data Mean for Researchers; Lynn A. Addington.- 3. Ethical Controversies In Engaged Research Nicole Janich and David E. Duffee.- 4. Victimization at Schools and on College and University Campuses: Historical Development and Applications of Opportunity Framework, Leah C. Butler, Teressa C. Kulig, Bonnie S. Fisher and Pamela Wilcox.- II. Explanations of Crime; Marvin D. Krohn.- 5. The Biosocial Perspective: A Brief Overview and Potential Contributions to Criminological Theory; Joseph A. Schwartz, Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver.- 6. The Social Learning Theory of Crime and Deviance; Ronald L. Akers and Wesley G. Jennings.- 7. Self-Control Theory: Theoretical and Research Issues; Michael Rocque and Alex R. Piquero.- 8. General Strain Theory; RobertAgnew and Timothy Brezina.- 9. Institutional-Anomie Theory:  An Evolving Research Program; Steven F. Messner, Richard Rosenfeld and Andreas Hövermann.- 10. Labeling Theory; Jón Gunnar Bernburg.- 11. Social Disorganization Theory: Past, Present and Future, Charis E. Kubrin and Michelle D. Mioduszewski.- 12. Social Support and Crime; Cecilia Chouhy.- 13. Control Balance Theory of Deviance; Charles R. Tittle and Cindy Brooks Dollar.- 14. Situational Action Theory: A General, Dynamic and Mechanism-Based Theory of Crime and its Causes; Per-Olof H Wikström.- 15. Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Crime and Deviance; Jeffrey T. Ward.- 16. The "Great American Crime Decline": Possible Explanations; Maria Tcherni-Buzzeo.- III. Criminal Justice Issues.- 17. Targeted Policing for Crime Reduction; Anthony A. Braga and Lisa Barao.- 18. Situational Crime Prevention: Theory, Practice and Evidence; John E. Eck and Ronald V. Clarke.- 19. Desistance from Crime: Past to Present; Michael Rocque and

Marv Krohn is currently a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida. Professor Krohn has a long-standing interest in the etiology of delinquency and drug use, focusing primarily on social process and life course approaches. For the past thirty years he has been a Co-Principal Investigator on the Rochester Youth Development Study, a three generational longitudinal panel study targeting those at high risk for serious crime and delinquency. His book (with co-authors Terence P. Thornberry, Alan J. Lizotte, Carolyn A. Smith and Kimberly Tobin), Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective, was the American Society of Criminology's recipient of the 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for Outstanding Scholarship. Professor Krohn also co-authored Delinquent Behavior (with Don C. Gibbons) and Researching Theories of Crime and Delinquency (with Charis E. Kubrin and Thomas D. Stucky) and has co-edited seven compendiums on crime and delinquency. In addition, he has contributed numerous research articles and book chapters. He is a former Vice President and Executive Counselor of the American Society of Criminology and was named a Fellow of that Society. Professor Krohn has also won teaching awards at both SUNY Albany and the University of Florida and most recently was presented with the Outstanding Mentor Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Gina Penly Hall, Ph.D. has published numerous articles and book chapters over the years. At the core of her substantive interests are the theoretical ideas of social ecology, with her research focusing on how human behavior is a product of how individuals interact with their environments. She currently works with youth in a school setting as a Learning Strategist where she coordinates and implements academic and behavioral interventions.
Alan Lizotte Distinguished Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, The University at Albany. He is co-principal investigator on