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Book SynopsisSocial psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of identity, arguing that there is no essential "self"—our selves are social creations of those with whom we interact —exploring what that means for who we can be and who we allow others to be.Trade Review“An unusually insightful look at how our social world shapes who we become. This book will challenge you to rethink many of your assumptions about what drives your decisions, your actions, and your identity.” — Adam Grant, author of Think Again and Originals “This powerful book is guaranteed to change the way you see yourself and the world around you. Lowery masterfully weaves science and stories together to expose that we are all selfless – shaped in each moment and over years by our social situations. Selfless is a gift – an engaging and important book that will help you better understand the influence of the web of relationships you inhabit.” — Katy Milkman, author of How to Change “[Lowery] investigates many commonly held assumptions that selfhood is, for the most part, a privately malleable entity originating within us at birth, and that absolute liberty in defining it might be both possible and desirable. We know ourselves better and can improve our chances at self-improvement, the author explains convincingly, if we accept that our identities are fluid, socially determined phenomena…. An informed, thought-provoking consideration of the relational dimensions of our lives.” — Kirkus Reviews "Blending psychology, philosophy, and sociology, Lowery relays the exploration of what a self is into questions about how selfhood relates to personal autonomy, the consequences of our actions, and the desire for a meaningful life. Lowery is remarkably skillful at making these potentially heady themes clear and accessible, and engaging with them makes for a rewarding journey." — Mindful

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Inclusion in Linguistics, the companion volume to Decolonizing Linguistics, aims to reinvent linguistics as a space of belonging across race, gender, class, disability, geographic region, and more. Taken together, the two volumes are the first comprehensive, action-oriented, book-length discussions of how to advance social justice in all aspects of the discipline. The volume''s introduction theorizes inclusion as fundamental to social justice and describes the extensive dialogic and collaborative process through which the volume was developed. Contributors discuss intersectional forms of exclusion in linguistics: researchers'' anti-autistic ableism; the exclusion of Deaf Global South researchers of color; the marginalization of Filipino American students and scholars; disc

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Book SynopsisThe tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behindTrade Review"A hilarious and lacerating look at the elite sociopathy wrecking the world, and a call to arms for how the rest of us can fight it." -- Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood"Beyond eye-opening, this book is eye-popping. A master storyteller, Rushkoff brings to life perhaps the greatest challenge of our time, The Mindset that drives so much destructive behavior, and blinds us to solutions beyond new technology and consumption. A must read." -- Frances Moore Lappé, author of Daring Democracy"Douglas Rushkoff’s keen eye as a seasoned media analyst, combined with his flair and wit as a writer and a performer, shine in this book..." -- Marina Gorbis, Executive Director, Institute for the Future"A devastating portrait of the cultures and logics underlying big tech. Rushkoff is going to make you mad enough to fight back. A vital, lucid, and enraging read." -- Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

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Book SynopsisWe frequently hear that we live in an age of anxiety, from ''therapy culture'', the Atkins diet and child anti-depressants to gun culture and weapons of mass destruction. While Hollywood regularly cashes in on teenage anxiety through its Scream franchise, pharmaceutical companies churn out new drugs such as Paxil to combat newly diagnosed anxieties.On Anxiety takes a fascinating, psychological plunge behind the scenes of our panic stricken culture and into anxious minds, asking who and what is responsible. Putting anxiety on the couch, Renata Salecl asks some much-needed questions: Is anxiety about the absence of authority or too much of it? Do the media report anxiety or create it? Are drugs a cure for anxiety or its cause? Is anxiety about being yourself or someone else, and is anxiety really the ultimate obstacle to happiness? Drawing on vivid examples from films such as the X Files and Cyrano de Bergerac, drugs used on soldiers to combat Trade Review'Erudite and compelling, On Anxiety is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology and the cultural phenomenon of anxiety today.' - SirReadAlot.org'A deft application of psychoanalytic insights to very everyday and quite familiar human situations ... a revealing and insightful way of looking at the contemporary world where they are imaginatively viewed through the lens of anxiety.' - Juliet Flower MacCannell, University of California'A deft application of psychoanalytic insights to very everyday and quite familiar human situations ... a revealing and insightful way of looking at the contemporary world where they are imaginatively viewed through the lens of anxiety.' - Juliet Flower MacCannell, University of CaliforniaTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Anxiety at Times of War; Chapter 3 Success in Failure; Chapter 4 Love Anxieties; Chapter 5 Anxiety of Motherhood; Chapter 6 Can Testimony Offer a Cure for Anxiety?; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

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Book SynopsisAutobiographies of Transformation is a completely unique history of sociology in Central and Eastern Europe in the post-Communist era. Through the autobiographies of ten key sociological witnesses from the region, the sociological imagination is turned upon itself, resulting in a compelling and revealing account of the struggles, triumphs, and continuing challenges faced. The sociologists examined fall into three cohorts: early, mid and late career. As participants, each of the sociologists included has witnessed the intersection of history and biography in Central and Eastern Europe. As sociologists, they have tried, and continue to try, to connect the two so that they and their fellow citizens may better understand their circumstances and the futures that may follow.This revealing book, ideal for students and researchers of sociology, and Central and Eastern Europe studies, provides powerful and compelling autobiographical accounts, relating them to the current interest in this area's transformation.Table of ContentsPreface 1.Witnessing Sociological Lives in Central and Eastern Europe 2. My Life as a (Female) Sociologist 3. Hand in Hand with Sociology 4. From Totality to Pluralistic Democracy 5. Sociology in My Life and Times 6. Touched by Transformation 7. Challenges and Disillusions 8. An Accidental Encounter with the World of Sociology 9. Belonging to a Dying Species 10. Living with Discrepancies 11. Becoming a Social Researcher in Transitional Estonia 12. Conclusion References About the Editors About the Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis clear and accessible book will be of use to social theorists and politcal scholars, to all those looking for a new understanding of the complex relationship between Kant, Hegel, Marx and Engels and to those who seek an introduction to dialectical critical realism in general and its relationship to these giants of German philosophy in particular.Table of Contents1. Critcal Realism before the Dialectic 2. Dialectical Critical Realism 3. Kant 4. Hegel 5. Marx and Engels. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and approachable introduction to social scientific theories of religion as they have developed in the twentieth century.Trade ReviewThis introductory textbook is both challenging and rewarding. In summarising a great number of theories and interpretations of religion it covers in three parts a wider span of academic disciplines than is usually the case ! Not only is the book useful as an undergraduate text, available as a skeleton of reliable proportion on which class and teacher can work together but many a new postgraduate would do well to read it for an overview of religious studies. -- Douglas J. Davies, Professor in the Study of Religion, University of Durham This volume should serve as a splendid textbook for an undergraduate course in religion but Kunin's writing also makes it eminently accessible to the sophisticated lay reader. All in all this is a significant contribution to the field and a major contribution to the teaching of religion. -- Neil Gilman, Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York This introductory textbook is both challenging and rewarding. In summarising a great number of theories and interpretations of religion it covers in three parts a wider span of academic disciplines than is usually the case ! Not only is the book useful as an undergraduate text, available as a skeleton of reliable proportion on which class and teacher can work together but many a new postgraduate would do well to read it for an overview of religious studies. This volume should serve as a splendid textbook for an undergraduate course in religion but Kunin's writing also makes it eminently accessible to the sophisticated lay reader. All in all this is a significant contribution to the field and a major contribution to the teaching of religion.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section One: Setting the Agenda; Chapter 1: Karl Marx and Cultural Materialism; Chapter 2: Emile Durkheim and Functionalism; Chapter 3: Max Weber and Joachim Wach; Chapter 4: Sigmund Freud and the Psychological Tradition; Carl Gustav Jung; Joseph Campbell; Chapter 5: Rudolf Otto: The Idea of the Holy; Section Two: Continuing the Discussion; Chapter 6: Sociology, Methodological Atheism and Secularization; Chapter 7: Psychological Approaches; Chapter 8: Phenomenology and History of Religion; Chapter 9: Feminism, Gender and Religion; Chapter 10: Anthropological Approaches to Religion; Chapter 11: Some Final Words (interim); Section Three: Taking the Discussion in Different Directions; Chapter 12: Ritual and Religious Experience; Chapter 13: Symbolism; Chapter 14: Myth; Chapter 15: Last Words; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and approachable introduction to social scientific theories of religion as they have developed in the twentieth century.Trade ReviewThis introductory textbook is both challenging and rewarding. In summarising a great number of theories and interpretations of religion it covers in three parts a wider span of academic disciplines than is usually the case ! Not only is the book useful as an undergraduate text, available as a skeleton of reliable proportion on which class and teacher can work together but many a new postgraduate would do well to read it for an overview of religious studies. -- Douglas J. Davies, Professor in the Study of Religion, University of Durham This volume should serve as a splendid textbook for an undergraduate course in religion but Kunin's writing also makes it eminently accessible to the sophisticated lay reader. All in all this is a significant contribution to the field and a major contribution to the teaching of religion. -- Neil Gilman, Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York This introductory textbook is both challenging and rewarding. In summarising a great number of theories and interpretations of religion it covers in three parts a wider span of academic disciplines than is usually the case ! Not only is the book useful as an undergraduate text, available as a skeleton of reliable proportion on which class and teacher can work together but many a new postgraduate would do well to read it for an overview of religious studies. This volume should serve as a splendid textbook for an undergraduate course in religion but Kunin's writing also makes it eminently accessible to the sophisticated lay reader. All in all this is a significant contribution to the field and a major contribution to the teaching of religion.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section One: Setting the Agenda; Chapter 1: Karl Marx and Cultural Materialism; Chapter 2: Emile Durkheim and Functionalism; Chapter 3: Max Weber and Joachim Wach; Chapter 4: Sigmund Freud and the Psychological Tradition; Carl Gustav Jung; Joseph Campbell; Chapter 5: Rudolf Otto: The Idea of the Holy; Section Two: Continuing the Discussion; Chapter 6: Sociology, Methodological Atheism and Secularization; Chapter 7: Psychological Approaches; Chapter 8: Phenomenology and History of Religion; Chapter 9: Feminism, Gender and Religion; Chapter 10: Anthropological Approaches to Religion; Chapter 11: Some Final Words (interim); Section Three: Taking the Discussion in Different Directions; Chapter 12: Ritual and Religious Experience; Chapter 13: Symbolism; Chapter 14: Myth; Chapter 15: Last Words; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisCovering a wide area of political sociology and social and political theory, this Reader offers a selection of extracts incorporating both primary and secondary readings. As well as a general introduction to the concept of social theory, each section is prefaced by an introduction to the relevant theorist(s) and each reading is accompanied by a short explanatory introduction.Including a broad range of texts, the book offers a general introduction to the main writings of political sociology and social theory. While other texts tend to focus either on either traditional or contemporary figures, this Reader is unique in tracing a connecting strand from the work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to more contemporary social theorists. And by focusing on the theories of social conflict, cohesion and consent it also acts as a guide to issues in sociological, political and cultural analysis.Includes sections on:* Marx and Engels* Gramsci* Durkheim and Parsons* Weber* The Frankfurt School (Adorno and HorkheimerTrade ReviewMost useful for undergraduate students in political science, sociology and media studies and would even fit perfectly for courses in cultural studies since it explains many notions related to power and hegemony! All contributions are fundamental and timely. The book accurately reflects current concerns and issues in the teaching of this subject area but also, more importantly, helps to establish links between classical sociology and contemporary social theory! The book is very timely. -- Dr John Roberts, University of Leeds It is important for students not only to read about theorists but to read the theorists themselves -- for students to see for themselves how what a text says about a theorist is actually exemplified in the theorist's own writing. It is also a pedagogically helpful feature of Joseph's Reader that it includes some contemporary commentary on each of the major theorists covered. -- Professor Douglas V. Porpora, Drexel University, Philadelphia Most useful for undergraduate students in political science, sociology and media studies and would even fit perfectly for courses in cultural studies since it explains many notions related to power and hegemony! All contributions are fundamental and timely. The book accurately reflects current concerns and issues in the teaching of this subject area but also, more importantly, helps to establish links between classical sociology and contemporary social theory! The book is very timely. It is important for students not only to read about theorists but to read the theorists themselves -- for students to see for themselves how what a text says about a theorist is actually exemplified in the theorist's own writing. It is also a pedagogically helpful feature of Joseph's Reader that it includes some contemporary commentary on each of the major theorists covered.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section 1: Marx and Engels: Conflict and Consent; Introduction; MARX Preface to 'A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy'; MARX 'The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret' from Capital volume 1; MARX AND ENGELS 'The Communist Manifesto'; MARX 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte'; MARX 'Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts'; BOB JESSOP 'Recent Theories of the Capitalist State'; Section 2: Antonio Gramsci: Theorist of Hegemony; Introduction; GRAMSCI 'The Modern Prince - Brief Notes on Machiavelli's Politics'*; GRAMSCI 'The Modern Price - Analysis of Situations. Relations of Force'*; GRAMSCI 'State and Civil Society'*; GRAMSCI 'The Intellectuals'*; GRAMSCI 'Americanism and Fordism'*; PERRY ANDERSON 'Origins of the Present Crisis'; * all from Gramsci's Prison Notebooks; Section 3: Durkheim and Functionalism; Introduction; DURKHEIM from Elementary forms of the Religious Life; DURKHEIM from The Division of Labour inI Society; DURKHEIM from Suicide; IAN CRAIB 'Parsons: Theory as a Filing System' from Modern Social Theory: From Parsons to Habermas; Section 4: Max Weber and Rationalism; Introduction; WEBER 'Politics as a Vocation'; WEBER 'Bureaucracy'; WEBER 'Class, Status, Party'; DEREK SAYER 'Without Regard for Persons' from Capitalism and Modernity: An Excursus on Marx and Weber; Section 5: Culture and Communication in the Frankfurt School; Introduction; ADORNO AND HORKHEIMER 'The Concept of Enlightenment' from Dialectic of Enlightenment; ADORNO AND HORKHEIMER 'The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception' from Dialectic of Enlightenment; MARCUSE 'The New Forms of Control' from One-Dimensional Man; HABERMAS extracts from Theory of Communicative Action vol.2; Section 6: Michel Foucault: Discourse, Power and Regulation; Introduction; FOUCAULT 'The Carceral' from Discipline and Punish; FOUCAULT 'Method' from History of Sexuality Volume One; ANDREW BARRY, THOMAS OSBORNE AND NIKOLAS ROSE 'Writing the History of the Present' from Barry, Thomas and Rose (eds) Foucault and Political Reason; Bibliography; Further Reading.

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Book SynopsisIn the course of a lifetime, Jean Bodin aimed at nothing less than to encompass all the disciplines of his age in a huge encyclopedia of knowledge. In many areas, his ideas have been not only original but seminal. He made major contributions to historiography, philosophy of history, economics, political science, comparative public law and policy, religion and national philosophy. This volume brings together a selection of major articles in English, representing almost all of his intellectual interests. It is an essential collection for libraries and scholars in both humanities and social sciences.Trade Review'...the value of Franklin's book is considerable. It certainly fills a gap in secondary texts, and will serve, if not indeed help generate, future interest and scholarship by making accessible the best available work on Bodin...' Political Studies Review '...the greatest contribution of Franklin's Jean Bodin is thus to bring together in a single volume a collection of essays conveying the encyclopedic scope of Bodin's project, addressing his accomplishments and shortcomings, and discussing the controversies that continue to surround his ideas. In this respect , the volume is a very Bodinian book. Much like Bodin's writings, it demonstrates the value of assembling in a single work essays on a multiplicity of different subjects from diverse perspectives.' H-France, Vol 7, August 2007Table of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Sovereignty: Jean Bodin's 'Logic of Sovereignty', J.U. Lewis; Sovereignty and the mixed constitution: Bodin and his critics, Julian H. Franklin; Bodin's early theory of sovereignty, and The shift to absolutism, Julian H. Franklin; Ramist tendencies in the thought of Jean Bodin, Kenneth D. McRae. Part II Public Law: Medieval Jurisprudence in Bodin's concept of sovereignty, Ralph E. Giesey; The development and context of Bodin's method, Donald R. Kelley; Limitations on absolute authority, Julian H. Franklin. Part III Political Economy: Jean Bodin in taxes: the sovereignty-taxes paradox, Martin Wolfe; Bodin and Locke on consent to taxation: a brief note and observation, Julian H. Franklin; Jean Bodin and the estates-general of 1576, Owen Ulph; Bodin's analysis of inflation, Denis P. O'Brien. Part IV Religion: Introduction Religious views in his [Bodin's] works and The colloquium heptaplomeres and the sixteenth century, Marion Leathers & Daniels Kuntz; Jean Bodin's daemon and his conversion to Judaism, Christopher R. Baxter; Bodin and Judaism, Maryanne Cline Horowitz; Introduction; the enigma of Bodin's religion, Paul Lawrence Rose; Dialogues of Toleration: Erasmus and Bodin, Gary Remer; Part V Natural Philosophy and method Humanist methods in natural philosophy: the commonplace book, Ann Blair; Introduction, Ann Blair . Part VI Theories of History: The major themes of the methodus, John L. Brown ; Bodin and the medieval theory of climate, Marian J. Tooley; Name Index.

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Book SynopsisMax Weber is a magisterial figure in the social sciences. His fundamental contributions to the methodological and conceptual apparatus of sociology remain of continuing relevance to contemporary debates. His astonishing range and quality of work on topics ranging from the comparative sociology of religion to political sociology, and the sociology of law to the sociology of music, have established Weber as a permanent point of reference for modern scholarship. Scholarly debates on the nature, significance and purpose of Weber''s work demonstrate a significance for sociology''s self-image that extends beyond their immediate interpretive importance. This volume, edited by one of the world''s leading Weber scholars, offers an unparalleled selection of key Weber scholarship organized thematically and spanning the range of his sociological influence.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the unending appeal of Max Weber within a globalized sociology; Part I Biography and General Assessments: The life and work of Max Weber, Carl Diehl; Authority and autonomy in marriage, Marianne Weber; How well do we know Max Weber after all?, Lutz Kaelber; The changing picture of Max Weber’s sociology, Richard Swedberg. Part II Early Work: Max Weber’s dissertation, Lutz Kaelber; Max Weber as rural sociologist, Q.J. Munters; Max Weber and the theory of ancient capitalism, John Love. Part III The Protestant Ethic: Part I: Calvinism and the infallible assurance of grace: the Weber thesis reconsidered, Malcolm H. MacKinnon; Part II Weber’s exploration of Calvinism: the undiscovered provenance of capitalism, Malcolm H. MacKinnon; The vanishing mediator: narrative structure in Max Weber, Fredric Jameson; Max Weber’s idea of ’puritanism’: a case study in the empirical construction of the Protestant ethic, Peter Ghosh. Part IV Methods: Max Weber, methods and the man, John Torrance; The ontology of the questionnaire: Max Weber on measurement and mass investigation, Robert Michael Brain; Instrumentum vocale: a note on Max Weber’s value-free polemics and sociological aesthetics, Thomas M. Kemple. Part V Religion: Max Weber and the comparative study of religious ethics, David Little; Max Weber’s Ancient Judaism, Tony Fahey; Max Weber and world-denying love: a look at the historical sociology of religion, Robert N. Bellah. Part VI Economics and Law: Max Weber’s 'grand sociology' :the origins and composition of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Soziologie, Wolfgang J. Mommsen; Max Weber: precursor of economic sociology and heterodox economics?, Helge Peukert; Max Weber and economic sociology: a response to Peukert, Stephen D. Parsons; Max Weber’s critical response to theoretical economics, Patrick Mardellat; Formal justice and the spirit of capitalism: Max Weber’s sociology of law, Sally Ewing. Part VII Culture: Flaubert and Weber: post-he

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Book SynopsisBiosocial criminology is an emerging perspective that highlights the interdependence between genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of antisocial behaviors. However, given that biosocial criminology has only recently gained traction among criminologists, there has not been any attempt to compile some of the classic articles on this topic. Beaver and Walsh''s edited volume addresses this gap in the literature by identifying some of the most influential biosocial criminological articles and including them in a single resource. The articles covered in this volume examine the connection between genetics and crime, evolutionary psychology and crime, and neuroscience and crime. This volume will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the causes of crime from a biosocial criminological perspective.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Statements on the Biosocial Perspective: Biological perspectives in criminology, Diana H. Fishbein; Segregation and stratification: a biosocial perspective, Douglas S. Massey; Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent anti-social behaviour: a developmental taxonomy, Terrie E. Moffitt; Behavior genetics and anomie/strain theory, Anthony Walsh; H.J. Eysenck in Fagin's kitchen: the return to biological theory in 20th-century criminology, Nicole Hahn Rafter. Part II Genetics and Crime: Behavior genetics of aggression in children: review and future directions, Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla; The new look of behavioral genetics in developmental psychopathology: gene-environment interplay in antisocial behaviors, Terrie E. Moffitt; Role of genotype in the cycle of violence in maltreated children, Avshalom Caspi, Joseph McClay, Terrie E Moffitt, Jonathan Mill, Judy Martin, Ian W. Craig, Alan Taylor and Richie Poulton; The integration of genetic propensities into social-control models of delinquency and violence among male youths, Guang Guo, Michael E. Roettger and Tianji Cai; The interaction between genetic risk and childhood sexual abuse in the prediction of adolescent violent behavior, Kevin M. Beaver; Sources of exposure to smoking and drinking friends among adolescents: a behavioral-genetic evaluation, H. Harrington Cleveland, Richard P. Wiebe and David C. Rowe. Part III Evolutionary Psychology and Crime: Gene-based evolutionary theories in criminology, Lee Ellis and Anthony Walsh; Self control, social control and evolutionary psychology: towards an integrated perspective on crime, Augustus Brannigan; A gene-based evolutionary explanation for the association between criminal involvement and number of sex partners, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright and Anthony Walsh; Women and crime: an evolutionary approach, Anne Campbell, Steven Muncer and Daniel Bibel; Why men commit crimes (and why they desist), Satoshi Kanazawa and Mary C. Still. Part IV Neuroscience and Crime: Neuroanatomical background to understanding the brain of the young psychopath, James H. Fallon; The roles of orbital frontal cortex in the modulation of antisocial behavior, R.J.R. Blair; A social neuroscience perspective on adolescent risk-taking, Laurence Steinberg; Brain abnormalities in murderers indicated by positron emission tomography, Adrian Raine, Monte Buchsbaum and Lori LaCasse; Reduced prefrontal and increased subcortical brain functioning assessed using positron emission tomography in predatory and affective murderers, Adrian Raine, J. Reid Meloy, Susan Bihrle, Jackie Stoddard, Lori LaCasse and Monte Buchsbaum; Name Index.

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Book SynopsisThe developmental and life-course perspective in criminology came to prominence during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s a number of theories were developed to explain offending behavior over the life-course. This volume brings together theoretical statements, empirical tests and debates of these major theories within the developmental and life-course criminology perspective. In the first section of the book, original theoretical statements are provided and this is followed by a section which includes empirical tests of each of these theories conducted by researchers other than the original theorists. The final section of the book provides a summary of the major debates both within the developmental and life-course perspective and also between this perspective and others within criminology. This comprehensive volume provides an informative overview of the developmental and life-course perspective in criminology.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction. Part I Key Theoretical Papers: The social development model: an integrated approach to delinquency prevention, J. David Hawkins and Joseph G. Weis; A developmental perspective on antisocial behavior, G.R. Patterson, Barbara D. DeBaryshe and Elizabeth Ramsey; Life-course desisters? Trajectories of crime among delinquent boys followed to age 70, Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub; Life-course-persistent versus adolescence-limited antisocial behavior, Terrie E. Moffitt; The Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential (ICAP) theory, David P. Farrington; Situational action theory, Per-Olof H. Wikström, Dietrich Oberwittler, Kyle Treiber and Beth Hardie. Part II Tests of Theory: Problem behavior in the middle school years: an assessment of the social development model, Christopher J. Sullivan and Paul Hirschfield; Two routes to delinquency: differences between early and late starters in the impact of parenting and deviant peers, Ronald L. Simons, Chyi-in Wu, Rand D. Conger and Frederick O. Lorenz; Residential change as a turning point in the life course of crime: desistance or temporary cessation?, David S. Kirk; Delinquent development in a sample of high-risk youth: shape, content, and predictors of delinquent trajectories from age 12 to 32, Victor van der Geest, Arjan Blokland and Catrien Bijleveld; Exploring long-term and short-term risk factors for serious delinquency, André M. van der Laan, Martine Blom and Edward R. Kleemans; Does the effect of self-control on adolescent offending vary by level of morality? A test in three countries, Robert Svensson, Lieven Pauwels and Frank M. Weerman. Part III Debates and Challenges: A life-course view of the development of crime, Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub; Offender classifications and treatment effects in developmental criminology: a propensity/event consideration, Michael R. Gottfredson; Participation and frequency during criminal careers across the life span, Hanno Petras, Paul Nieuwbeerta and Alex R. Piquero; Generality, continuity, and change in offending, Raymond Paternoster, Charles W. Dean, Alex Piquero, Paul Mazerolle and Robert Brame; Marriage and desistance from crime in the Netherlands: do gender and socio-historical context matter?, Bianca E. Bersani, John H. Laub and Paul Nieuwbeerta; Long-term crime desistence and recidivism patterns - evidence from the Essex County convicted felon study, Megan C. Kurlychek, Shawn D. Bushway and Robert Brame. Name index.

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