In Criminological Theories the noted criminologist Ronald Akers provides thorough description, discussion, and appraisal of the leading theories of crime/delinquent behavior and law/criminal justice - the origin and history of each theory and its contemporary developments and adherents. Akers offers a clear explanation of each theory (the central concepts and hypotheses of each theory as well as critical criteria for evaluating each theory in terms of its empirical validity). Researchers and librarians, as well as general readers, will find this book a very useful tool and will applaud its clear and understandable exposition of abstract concepts.

Criminological Theories: Introduction and Evaluation

Akers, Ronald L.

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This brilliant study opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change takes place through the conflict of opposites. Instead, Weber relates the rise of a capitalist economy to the Puritan determination to work out anxiety over salvation or damnation by performing good deeds - an effort that ultimately encouraged capitalism.

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Politics & Social Sciences

WEBER, MAX

Sociology

The Fourth Edition of Spencer Cahill’s best-selling anthology provides an introduction to the sociological study of social psychology, interpersonal interaction, and the social shaping of human experience. The book’s primary-source articles feature both contemporary and classic theoretical statements as well as empirical studies.
Introductions to each section and each article identify and explain central issues, key concepts, and relationships among topics.
The new edition features revised section introductions, one slightly expanded selection, and 15 entirely new contributions. The new articles address such topics as: The central role of culture in human psychology. Young children’s everyday uses of racial and ethnic identities. The effects of beauty images in the mass media on adolescent girls’self-concepts. The historical development of conflicting standards of self-control in America. Narratives of Self in Codependency The social order of conversation. The challenges and dynamics of constructing family. The experience of caring for mentally ill loved ones. Clique hierarchies and their effects on identity among children. The contrasting agendas of white and black sororities. The impact of legal restrictions on the informal social order of street vendors. The construction of criminal selves in prisons. The emergence of road rage as a social problem. The social factors and processes that led to the Holocaust. The expanding possibilities for self-construction in the contemporary world.

Inside Social Life : Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology

Spencer E. Cahill

Social Sciences

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