The new criminology: for a social theory of deviance
1. Classical criminology and the positivist revolution -- 2. The appeal of positivism -- 3. Durkheim and the break with 'analytical individualism' -- 4. The early sociologies of crime -- 5. Social reaction, deviant commitment and career -- 6. American naturalism and phenomenology -- 7. Marx, Engels and Bonger on crime and social control -- 8. The new conflict theorists -- 9. Conclusion.