Robert Merton
Social Structural Strain Theory 1938
Shaw and McKay
Social Disorganization 1942
Hirschi
Social Control Theory - Causes of Deliquenct 1969
Hirschi and Gottfredson
A General Theory of Crime 1990
Edwin Sutherland
Differential Association 1939
Edward Lemert
Primary and Secondary Deviation 1951
Howard Becker
Labelling Theory 1963 - The Outsiders
William J Chambliss
Saints and The Roughnecks 1973
Structural Marxism
state, military, government power - rejects legal def of crime and laws are representation of powerful people
Instrumental Marxism
Capitalist and its interests - not for individual capitalists