For courses in Criminological Theory.

Offering an extensive look into the lives and times of fifteen notable crime theorists, Criminological Thought: Pioneers Past and Present examines the people who have helped shape the discipline. Using a dual table of contents, theorists are organized chronologically and by schools of thought. Each chapter highlights one thinker and includes a biographical sketch, basic assumptions, and key ideas from that individual. Critiques of each theory and a bibliography of sources is also included.

Criminological Thought: Pioneers Past and Present explores criminological theory by introducing readers to fifteen leading historical and contemporary crime theorists. Each chapter of the text highlights one thinker, and features a biographical sketch, an overview of his basic assumptions, and an explanation of his key ideas. Critiques of each theory and a bibliography of primary and other sources are also included in each chapter.

Featured criminological pioneers include:

Cesare Beccaria

Cesare Lombroso

David Emile Durkheim 

Sigmund Freud 

Robert Ezra Park 

William Herbert Sheldon

Edwin Hardin Sutherland

Walter Cade Reckless

Robert King Merton

Albert Kircidel Cohen

Lloyd Ohlin

Gresham M'Cready Sykes

Erving Goffman

Howard Becker 

Earl Richard Quinney