Edited book
Experiments in criminology and law: a research revolution
Rowman & Littlefield
2008
Abstract
Foreword / James F. Short, Jr. -- Introduction: Why experiment now? / Christine Horne, Michael J. Lovaglia -- Gottfredson and Hirschi in the lab : an experimental test of the general theory of crime / Detlef Fetchenhauer, Josef Simon, Felix Fetchenhauer -- Deterring deviance : rationality and self-control / Will Kalkhoff, Robb Willer -- Comment: Self-control in the lab / Travis Hirschi -- Norms and neighborhoods : explaining variation in informal control / Christine Horne, John Hoffmann -- The effects of status and peer support on the justifications and approval of deviance / C. Wesley Younts -- Comment: Social influence in the lab / Robert J. Bursik, Jr. -- Prosecutorial misconduct in serious cases : theory and design of a laboratory experiment / Jeffrey W. Lucas, Corina Graif, M.J. Lovaglia -- Constructing focal points through legal expression : an experimental test / Richard H. McAdams, Janice Nadler -- Comment: Exploring the limits of law / Lisa J. McIntyre -- Whither experiments in crime, deviance, and law? / Christine Horne, M.J. Lovaglia -- Criminology as an experimental science / David P. Farrington -- Thinking experimentally / Christopher Uggen.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Experiments in criminology and law: a research revolution
- Contributors
- Christine Horne (Editor)Michael J Lovaglia (Editor) - University of Iowa, Sociology and Criminology
- Resource Type
- Edited book
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield; Lanham
- ISBN
- 0742560287; 9780742560284; 0742560279; 9780742560277
- Number of pages
- viii, 199 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2008
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9983980194802771
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