Taking stock: the status of criminological theory

Taking stock of criminological theory / Francis T. Cullen, John Paul Wright, and Kristie R. Blevins

The core of criminological theory

The empirical status of social learning theory of crime and deviance: the past, present, and future / Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen

The empirical status of control theory in criminology / Michael R. Gottfredson

General strain theory: current status and directions for further research / Robert Agnew

Macro-level theories

The present and future of institutional-anomie theory / Steven F. Messner and Richard Rosenfeld

Collective efficacy theory: lessons learned and directions for future inquiry / Robert J. Sampson

Segregation and race/ethnic inequality in crime: new directions / Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and Christopher R. Browning

Theories of power and peace

The status of empirical research in radical criminology / Jody Miller and Christopher W. Mullins

Peacemaking criminology: past, present, and future / John Randolph Fuller and John F. Wozniak

Life-course theories

A review of research on the taxonomy of life-course persistent versus adolescence-limited antisocial behavior / Terrie E. Moffitt

Assessing Sampson and Laub's life-course theory of crime / John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson, and Gary A. Sweeten

Building developmental and life-course theories of offending / David P. Farrington

Theories of societal reaction

The empirical status of deterrence theory: a meta-analysis / Travis C. Pratt, Francis T. Cullen, Kristie R. Blevins, Leah E. Daigle, and Tamara D. Madensen

Shame, restorative justice, and crime / John Braithwaite, Eliza Ahmed, Valerie Braithwaite

The theory of effective correctional intervention: empirical status and future direction / Paul Gendreau, Paula Smith, and Shelia A. French.