Theoretical and empirical research investigating victimization and offending has largely
been either 'victim-focused'or 'offender-focused.'This approach ignores the potential …

Criminological theory developed without an expectation of a victim–offender overlap. Among
most crime theorists and policymakers, to solve crime it is necessary to solve the criminal …

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, provides a psychological and
evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many …

Victor Rios grew up in the ghetto of Oakland, California in the 1980s and 90s. A former gang
member and juvenile delinquent, Rios managed to escape the bleak outcome of many of his …

The gap in achievement across racial and ethnic groups has been a focus of education
research for decades, but the disproportionate suspension and expulsion of Black, Latino …

Minimizing the costs that others impose upon oneself and upon those in whom one has a
fitness stake, such as kin and allies, is a key adaptive problem for many organisms. Our …

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Research Summary We conducted face‐to‐face interviews with 50 young Black men,
residents of high‐crime neighborhoods in Brooklyn and the Bronx, individuals who had …

A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist WEB Du Bois asserted that a true
understanding of African American offending must be grounded in the" real conditions" of …

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Ninth Edition, is a highly acclaimed textbook
offering a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology and …