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Introduction to Criminology: A Text/Reader

Third Edition
by Anthony Walsh and Craig Hemmens

Student Resources

  1. Section I: Introduction and Overview of Crime and Criminology
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  2. Section II: Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  3. Section III: Victimology: Exploring the Experience of Victimization
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  4. Section IV: The Early Schools of Criminology and Modern Counterparts
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  5. Section V: Social Structural Theories
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  6. Section VI: Social Process Theories
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  7. Section VII: Critical Theories: Marxist, Conflict, and Feminist
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  8. Section VIII: Psychosocial Theories: Individual Traits and Criminal Behavior
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  9. Section IX: Biosocial Approaches
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  10. Section X: Developmental Theories: From Delinquency to Crime to Desistance
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  11. Section XI: Violent Crimes
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  12. Section XII: Multiple Murder and Terrorism
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  13. Section XIII: Property Crime
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  14. Section XIV: Public Order Crime
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links
  15. Section XV: White-Collar and Organized Crime
    • SAGE Journal Articles
    • Media Links

Media Links

Audio and Video links that appeal to students with different learning styles.

Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Video Link

  • Is there Life After a Felony?

Audio Links

  • From Rubies to Blossoms: A Portrait of American Girlhood: The New Gangs of New York
  • It’s a Duel: How do Violent Video Games Affect Kids?
  • Going the Distance: Mentoring Program Focuses on Running, Relationships

Web Resources

  • Access a description and critiques of Edwin Sutherland’s differential association theory.
  • Read an article that applies social bond theory to a study of binge drinking among college students.
  • Consider various social learning theories of criminology.
  • Read how labeling theory can be applied to victims of prison rape.

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