Explaining Criminals and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminological Theory

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The Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory: A Meta‐Analysis (2010, methodology): “Differential association with others shapes the individual’s definitions, described by Akers (2001) as “one’s own attitudes or meanings that one attaches to given behavior” (p. 195).”
Script Analysis of the Hunting Process of Serial Sex Offenders (2007, background): “This is worthy of attention, as it stresses the relevance of the role of situation and opportunity in offending (Clarke & Cornish, 2001).”
Examining the modus operandi of sexual offenders against children and its practical implications (2009, methodology): “The rational choice perspective is particularly relevant since it “offers just such a fluid, dynamic picture—one that views offending as more present-oriented and situationally influenced” than other criminological theories (Clarke & Cornish, 2001, p. 32).”
Guilt and Shame as Predictors of Recidivism (2008, background): “In particular, facing a large threat to identity, coping strategies like the “denial of responsibility” or the “condemnation of the condemners” (Sykes & Matza, 1957) can lead to the avoidance of a critical evaluation of the self (cf. Braithwaite, 2001).”