JUS284-2-A / Current theories and perspectives in Criminology

Required Readings:

· Akers, R. L., & Sellers, S. C. (2012). Criminological Theories: Introduction, evaluation, and application (6^th edition). Oxford University Press. New York, NY.

· LeBlanc, M., & Loeber, R. (1998). Developmental Criminology Updated. Crime and Justice, 23, 115-198.

· Piquero, A. R., Farrington, D. P., Blumstein, A. (2003). The Criminal Career Paradigm. Crime and Justice, 30, 359-506.

Recommended Readings:

· Farrington, D. P (2005). Integrated developmental & Life-course theories of offending: Advances in Criminological Theory (Vol 14). Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

· Gottfredson, M. R., & Hirschi, T. (1990). A General Theory of Crime. Stanford University Press. Stanford, California.

· Laub, J. H., & Sampson, R. J. (2003). Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts