Current strain theories argue that delinquency results from the blockage of goal-seeking
behavior. Unable to achieve valued goals, individuals become frustrated and may turn to …

Objective: This paper reviews a century of research on creating theoretically meaningful and
empirically useful scales of criminal offending and illustrates their strengths and …

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 …

Addressing the complexity, flexibility, and controversies of qualitative research's many
genres, Designing Qualitative Research, Sixth Edition gives students, research managers …

In Criminological Theories, the noted criminologist Ronald Akers provides thorough
description, discussion, and appraisal of the leading theories of crime/delinquent behavior …

This classic book serves as a starting point for any serious discussion of welfare reform.
Losing Ground argues that the ambitious social programs of the1960s and 1970s actually …

Criminologists often allude to'peer influence'in explanations of crime and delinquency, but
the meaning of that concept rarely receives careful attention. Companions in Crime …

Sociologists have increasingly emphasized “turningpoints” in explaining behavioral change
over the life course. Is work a turning point in the life course of criminal offenders? If …

Studying collective action with newspaper accounts of protest events, rare only 20 years
ago, has become commonplace in the past decade. A critical literature has accompanied the …

Drawing from authors John Brewer and Albert Hunter's original work published in 1989,
when single method research was the standard, this new text offers an explanation of how a …