SOCY 7004 Reading Assignments Spring 2008
| DATE | TOPIC | READINGS |
| January 16 | Introduction | Akers & Sellers, pp. 17-19; 46-47
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 1-2 |
| January 23 | Theory Construction 1 | Akers & Sellers, Chapter 1
*Liska (1987) *Cook & Campbell (1979) |
| January 30 | Theory Construction 2 | SAME, plus
*Heise (1975) Davis, pp. 1-48 |
| Part 1: Classical Theories | ||
| February 6 | Social Disorganization | Akers & Sellers, pp. 159-163
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 7-9 *Stark (1987) *Sampson et al. (1997) *Elliott et al. (1996) |
| February 13 | Strain Theory | Akers & Sellers, pp. 164-188
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 15-19 *Farnworth & Leiber (1989) |
| February 20 | Labeling | Akers & Sellers, Chapter 7
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 24-26 *Bernberg & Krohn (2003) |
| February 27 | Social Control | Akers & Sellers, Chapter 6
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 20-22 *Agnew (1985) *Arneklev et al. (1993) |
| March 5 | Differential Association/Social Learning | Akers & Sellers, Chapter 5
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 10-12 *Akers et al. (1979) |
| Part 2: Contemporary Models | Readings, Revised 2/20/08 | |
| March 12 | Integrated Models | Akers & Sellers, Chapter 12
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 46, 48 *Elliott et al. (1989) |
| March 19 | Feminist Theory | Akers & Sellers, Chapter 11
Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 23, 32-36 *Moffitt et al., 2001 |
| March 26 | NO CLASS | ------ |
| April 2 | Interactional Theory | Cullen & Agnew, Chapter 47
*Jang & Smith (1997) *Thornberry et al. (1994) |
| April 9 | Family Process Models | Cullen & Agnew, Chapter 43
*Patterson et al. (1992) *Conger et al. (1992) |
| April 16 | Developmental/Life Course Theories I | Cullen & Agnew, Chapters 21; 44-45
*Elder (1994) *Thornberry & Krohn (2005) *Thornberry et al. (2008) |
| April 23 | Developmental/Life Course Theories III | SAME |
| April 30 | Intergenerational Models | *Thornberry et al. (2003)
*Capaldi et al. (2003) *Patterson et al. (1998) |
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- Bernburg, Jón Gunnar and Marvin D. Krohn. (2003). Labeling, life chances, and adult crime: The direct and indirect effects of official intervention in adolescence on crime in early adulthood. Criminology 41:1287-1318.
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