LINKS by Dr. Matt Robinson
(students click on my name for WHY CRIME? readings)
 
 

Use the links below to find more information on particular theories of crime ...
This page has recommended search engines and recommended links

Search for articles and books on a theory topic HERE (NCLIVE electronic databases)

Search for articles and books on a theory topic using the APPSTATE library's electronic databases HERE (in criminal justice)

Find something on ANY TOPIC HERE (GOOGLE.com)

Ask ANY QUESTION and get an answer HERE (ASK.COM)
 

Brain Basics
Actually created for kids, but an amazing resource, from Eric Chudler of the University of Washington

Brain and Mind
Lots of great articles from this electronic magazine about neurons, brain structures, and so on

Brain Connection
Great information about your brain and how it works

Cecil Greek's Criminological Theory Readings
Lots of Stuff on Particular Theories of Crime

Center for Neuroskills
Information about traumatic brain injury

Crime and Deviance Stuff
Lots of Neat Stuff on Particular Theories of Crime, including a Useful Theory Map

CRIME THEORY.COM!

Explore a Timeline of Criminological Theory, engage in Explorations in Criminological Theory, see a Glossary of Criminology and a Gallery of Criminologists, look for Upcoming Events and explore the For Further Reading section

Crime Times
Recent Research on Biological and Environmental Interactions and Crime, search by subject and/or author

Criminology Theory Course

Includes LOTS of lecture materials on theories of crime !!!
 

Dead Sociologists Society
Includes LOTS of materials on leading sociological thinkers, including a gallery of images

Deviance and Conformity (includes theories of crime)
From Dr. Chien Ju Huang of North Carolina Central University

Deviant Behavior Lecture Notes
From Dr. Robert Keel of University of Missouri-St.Louis

Includes:

• Biological and Psychological Theories of Deviance
• Conflict Theories
• Culture Conflict Theory
• Ethnomethodology and Deviance
• Feminism
• Introduction to the Sociology of Deviance
• Labeling Theory and Ethnomethodology
• Positivism
• Power Control and Feminist Theories
• Rational Choice and Deterrence Theory
• Social Context of Deviance
• Social Disorganization and Social Control Theories
• Social Learning Theories
• Sociological Theories of Deviance
• Sociology of Social Control
• Structural Strain Theories
• Subcultural Theories
• What is a Theory?

Eugenics
Explore images and stories about the American movement to improve its genetic stock, from the DNA Learning Center at the Cold Springs Laboratory

Explanations of Crime (Summaries)
From Dr. Darryl Wood of the University of Alaska Anchorage

Genetics Research
From the Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Gene Letter
Lots of research and history of genes and behavior

Includes:

• Alexander Liazos
• Biological Theories
• Cesare Lombroso
• Classical School of Criminology
• Conflict Theory
• Earnest Hooton
• Edward Sutherland
• Edwin Lemert
• Emile Durkheim and Functionalism
• Emile Durkheim and Suicide
• Faris and Dunham
• Frank Tannenbaum
• Freda Adler
• Howard Becker
• Ivan Nye
• Kai Erikson
• Positivism
• Richard Cloward
• Robert Merton
• Robert Park
• Sykes and Matza
• Travis Hirschi
• W.I. Thomas
• William Chambliss
• William Sheldon

Health of the Body Politic
Includes stuff on Lombroso, Quetelet, etc.

Human Genome Project
The official page of this U.S. program aimed at mapping the entire genetic code of human beings

Marxism Page
A ton of stuff on Karl Marx

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Seeks to assure that every individual is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no adverse consequence from the reproductive process, and that all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for a healthy and productive life unhampered by disease or disability.

Neuroguide
A major resource on neurology

Personality Theories
From George Boeree of the Shippensburg University

Phineas Gage
The story one of the most famous cases of brain injury in the world

Phrenology
Learn the history of this old "science" which related skull abnormalities with criminality

Personality theories of crime
Includes information on numerous theorists such as Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Carl Jung, Otto Rank, Alfred Adler, Erich Fromm, B. F. Skinner, Hans Eysenck, Albert Bandura, and so many more!

Psychological and Sociological Theories of Crime
Includes Historical Predecessors to 20th-Century Criminology, Psychological Theories of Crime, Sociological Theories of Crime

Psychology of Crime: Theory and Research
A powerpoint presentation

Social Statistics Briefing Room
Provides easy access to current Federal social statistics and links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies, from the White House.

Sociological Subjects
Huge set of links to a bunch of topics

Sociology Resources
From the University of Michigan
 

Sociorealm
Search for a ton of sociological topics
 

Theories of Criminality
By Tommy Milford of Southern Arkansas University

Theory Basics
From J. Scott Richeson

Traumatic Brain Injury
From the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention