This study examines whether Criminology's Routine Activities Theory (RAT) and related
Lifestyle Theory (LST) can account for variation between the attributes of victims of fatal …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …

Objectives. The idea that immigration increases crime rates has historically occupied an
important role in criminological theory and has been central to the public and political …

Despite the marked increase in incarceration over the past 30 years and the fact that roughly
two thirds of released offenders are rearrested within 3 years of release, we know little about …

As the 20-year mark since the publication of an article by Kenneth C. Land, Patricia L.
McCall, and Lawrence Cohen,“Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: Are There Any …

The link between resource deprivation and urban violence has long been explored in
criminological research. Studies, however, have largely ignored the potential for resource …

In recent years, criminologists, as well as journalists, have devoted considerable attention to
the potential deterrent effect of what is sometimes referred to as “proactive” policing. This …

Macrostructural opportunity theorists posit that the unequal distribution of economic
resources across racial groups promotes animosities among disadvantaged minorities …

This study examines the structural correlates of Hispanic suicide at the metropolitan level
using Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Records and 2000 census data. The authors test …

The impact of residential turnover and compositional change at the neighborhood level on
local patterns of crime lies at the center of most ecological studies of crime and violence. Of …