Annotated Bibliography

Andrews, D.A. & Bonta, J.
(2003)
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct (Third Edition)
Cincinnati, Anderson Publishing Co.
Discusses reasons for crime being situational as well as personal, which relates to the point made in "The Tipping Point" about personality changing in different situations, and the influence of the people around us.

Ball, R.A. Cullen, F.T. & Lilly, R.J.
(2007)
Criminological Theory - Context and Consequences (4th Edition)
London, Sage Publications Ltd.
Looks at the links between opportunity and delinquency, and how a lot of the people involved in crime have little opportunities in life (e.g. education, jobs). It also, again, examines the "Broken Windows" theory and the tolerance of crime and delinquency in certain areas, which then leads to the problem getting bigger.


Breen, W.E. Elhai, J.D. & Kashdan, T.B.
(2008)
Social Anxiety and Disinhibition: An analysis of Curiosity and Social Rank Appraisals, Approach - Avoidance Conflicts, and Disruptive Risk-Taking Behaviour
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol 22, no.6, pp925-939, Aug 2008
Looks into curiosity and how people will show "disinhibited behaviours" to acheive a higher social status, and how curiosity is linked to social anxiety in different groups of people.


Carrabine, E. Iganski, P. Lee, M. Plummer, K. & South, N.
(2004)
Criminology - A Sociological Introduction
Oxon, Routledge
Looks at various different aspects of crime, including how crime is more frequent in disadvantaged areas, and patterns in different types of crime, e.g. property crime, which has risen and decreased rapidly since the late 18th century.


Doran, BJ
(2005)
Investigating the Spatiotemporal Links between Disorder, Crime, and the Fear of Crime
Professional Geographer 57 (1): 1-12 Feb 2005
Looks at how crime and disorder vary over periods of time and space, and how graffiti is one of the most widespread types of crime. It also looks at the "Broken Windows" theory which is discussed in "The Tipping Point".

Funder, D.C.
(2006)
Towards a Resolution of the Personality Triad: Persons, situations and behaviours
Journal of Research in Personality 40 (1): 21-34 Feb 2006
Looks at the connection between personality and situation, and the variation in behaviour of people in different situations and how a small change in the situation can have a large affect.


Laub, J.H. & Sampson, R.J.
(1992)
Crime and Deviance in the Life Course
Annual Review of Sociology, Vol 18 pp 63-84
Discusses the links between age and crime and how crimes decline and grow throughout peoples' life course.

Pearlin, L.I.
(1989)
The Sociological Study of Stress
Journal of Health and Social Behaviour, Vol 30, No3, pp241-256
Examines stress research and how research could be changed. It also looks at the social and institutional statuses of people in relation to stress (i.e. jobs with a lot of responsobility, high social status in a neighborhood, etc)


Tryon, G.S. & Vinski, E.J.
(2009)
Study of a Cognitive Dissonance Intervention to Address High School Students' Cheating Attitudes and Behaviours
Ethics and Behaviour, vol 19, no3, pp218-226, May 2009
Discusses a experiment used to try and decrease the number of students cheating, and how the experiment did not show what was expected.