Anomie/ strain
- Introduction/ overview
- Concept of Anomie (Durkheim)
- Anomie theory (Merton)
- Institutional Anomie theory (IAT) (Messner and Rosenfeld)
- General strain theory (Agnew)
Biology
- Introduction/ overview
- Lombroso’s theory of anthropological criminology
- Multi-factor approach by Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor Turoff Glueck
- Two-Path theory (Moffitt)
Career/ Developement/ Life Course
- Introduction/ overview
- Age graded theory/ Turning points (Sampson and Laub)
- Delinquency and drift (Matza)
- Career model (Quensel)
- Career model (Hess)
- Voluntarists crime theory (Hermann)
Conflict-oriented theories/ Labelling
- Introduction/ overview
- Marxist criminology
- Feminst criminology
- Power-Control theory (Hagan)
- Labelling-approach (overview)
- Labelling – primary and secondary deviance (Lemert)
- Outsiders (Becker)
- Radical labelling approach (Sack)
- Social constructivist crime theory (Hess and Scheerer)
Control/ social bonds
- Introduction/ overview
- Social bonds (Hirschi)
- General theory of crime (Gottfredson and Hirschi)
- Control balance theory (Tittle)
Culture/ Emotions/ Situations
- Introduction/ overview
- Cultural Criminology
- Edgework (Lyng)
- Seductions of crime (Katz)
Learning/ Subculture
- Introduction/ overview
- Theory of differential association (Sutherland)
- Social learning (Akers)
- Subcultural theory (Cohen)
- Differential opportunity theory (Cloward and Ohlin)
- Techniques of neutralization (Sykes and Matza)
Rational Choice
- Introduction/ overview
- Classical school of criminology
- Rational choice theory
- Deterrence theories
- Routine activity approach
Sanctioning
- Introduction/ overview
- Reintegrative shaming (Braithwaite)
- Defiance theory (Sherman)
Social Desorganisation
- Introduction/ overview
- Social disorganisation theory (Shaw & McKay)
- Broken windows (Wilson & Kelling)