Reading List

Anderson, E. (1999). Code of the street: Decency, violence, and the moral life of the inner city.
W.W. Norton & Company. https://wwnorton.com/books/Code-of-the-Street/

Black, D. (1983). Crime as social control. American Sociological Review, 48(1), 34–45.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2095143

Block, R., & Block, C. (2000). The Bronx and Chicago: Street robbery in the environs of rapid
transit stations. In V. Goldsmith, P. G. McGuire, & J. H. Mollenkopf (Eds.), The Bronx and
Chicago: Street robbery in the environs of rapid transit stations (pp. 137–152). SAGE
Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452220369.n11

Braman, D., & Kahan, D. M. (2003). More statistics, less persuasion: A cultural theory of gun-
risk perceptions. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 151(4), 1291–1327.
https://doi.org/10.2307/3312889

Burt, C. H. (2020). Self-control and crime: Beyond Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory. Annual
Review of Criminology, 3, 43–73. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-011419-041344

Bushman, B. J., & Baumeister, R. F. (1998). Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and
direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence? Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 75(1), 219–229.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.219

Campbell, J. C. (2003). Risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships: Results from a
multisite case control study. American Journal of Public Health, 93(7), 1089–1097.
https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1089

Canter, D. (2004). Offender profiling and investigative psychology. Journal of Investigative
Psychology and Offender Profiling, 1(1), 1–15.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.7

Chesler, P. (2021). Honor killing: A form of femicide. Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of
Exploitation and Violence, 6(5), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.23860/dignity.2021.06.05.08

Chesler, P. (2010). Worldwide trends in honor killings. Middle East Quarterly, 17, 3–11.
Chopin, J., & Beauregard, E. (2018). The sexual murderer is a distinct type of
offender. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63(9),
1597–1620. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18817445

Cook, P. J., & Laub, J. H. (2002). After the epidemic: Recent trends in youth violence in the
United States. In M. Tonry (Ed.), Crime and justice: A review of research (Vol. 29, pp. 117–153).
University of Chicago Press.
Daly, M., & Wilson, M. (1988). Homicide. Aldine de Gruyter.

DeWall, C. N., Finkel, E. J., & Denson, T. F. (2011). Self-control inhibits aggression. Social and
Personality Psychology Compass, 5(7), 458–472.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00363.x

Dressler, J. (2012). Understanding criminal law (6th ed.). LexisNexis.

Douglas, J. E., Burgess, A. W., Burgess, A. G., & Ressler, R. K. (2006). Crime classification
manual: A standard system for investigating and classifying violent crime (2nd ed.). Jossey-
Bass.

Elbogen, E. B., & Johnson, S. C. (2009). The intricate link between violence and mental
disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 66(2), 152–161.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.537

Fazel, S., & Grann, M. (2006). The population impact of severe mental illness on violent
crime. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(8), 1397–1403.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.8.1397

Felson, R. B., & American Psychological Association Staff Content Provider. (2002). Violence
and gender reexamined. American Psychological Association.

Finch, B. K., Thomas, K., Beck, A. N., Burghart, D. B., Klinger, D., & Johnson, R. R. (2022).
Assessing data completeness and quality of justifiable homicides. Journal of Quantitative
Criminology, 38(1), 267–293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-021-09493-x

Finkel, E. J. (2007). Impelling and inhibiting forces in intimate partner violence. Review of
General Psychology, 11(2), 193–207. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.11.2.193

Gill, A. (2009). Honor killings and the quest for justice. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 20,
475–494. https://doi.org/10.1177/0887403408329604

Gottfredson, M. R., & Hirschi, T. (1990). A general theory of crime. Stanford University Press.
Gould, R. V. (2003). Collision of wills: How ambiguity about social rank breeds conflict.
University of Chicago Press.
Hepburn, J. R. (1970). Patterns of criminal homicide. Criminology, 8(1), 32–54.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1970.tb00727.x

Horgan, J. G. (2017). Psychology of terrorism. American Psychologist, 72(3), 199–204.
https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000148

Katz, J. (1988). Seductions of crime: Moral and sensual attractions in doing evil. Basic Books.

Kleck, G. (1997). Targeting guns. Aldine de Gruyter.

Kruglanski, A. W., et al. (2014). The psychology of radicalization. Political Psychology, 35(1),
69–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12163

LaFree, G. (1998). Losing legitimacy: Street crime and the decline of social institutions in
America. Westview Press.

McCauley, C., & Moskalenko, S. (2008). Mechanisms of political radicalization. Terrorism and
Political Violence, 20(3), 415–433. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546550802073367

Meloy, J. R. (2000). The nature and dynamics of sexual homicide. Academic Press.

Monahan, J. (1992). Mental disorder and violent behavior. American Psychologist, 47(4),
511–521. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.47.4.511

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2022). Fatality analysis reporting
system. https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars

Pape, R. A. (2006). Dying to win: The strategic logic of suicide terrorism. Random House.

Parker, R. N., & Rebhun, L.-A. (1995). Alcohol and homicide: A deadly combination of two
American traditions. State University of New York Press.

Polk, K. (1994). When men kill: Scenarios of masculine violence. Cambridge University Press.

Reiss, A. J., Jr., & Roth, J. A. (Eds.). (1993). Understanding and preventing violence (Vol. 1).
National Academy Press.

Ressler, R. K., Burgess, A. W., & Douglas, J. E. (1988). Sexual homicide: Patterns and motives.
Lexington Books.

Sev'er, A., & Yurdakul, G. (2001). Culture of honor, culture of change. Violence Against Women,
7, 964–998. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778010122182866

Stark, E. (2007). Coercive control: How men entrap women in personal life. Oxford University
Press.

Swanson, J. W. (1994). Mental disorder, substance abuse, and community violence. In J.
Monahan & H. J. Steadman (Eds.), Violence and mental disorder: Developments in risk
assessment (pp. 101–136). University of Chicago Press.

Wood, N. R., & Hales, A. H. (2025). Basic psychological needs and extremism. Terrorism and
Political Violence, 37(6), 769–795. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2024.2373334

Wolfgang, M. E. (1958). Patterns in criminal homicide. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Wolfgang, M. E. (1957–1958). Victim precipitated criminal homicide. Journal of Criminal Law,
Criminology & Police Science, 48(1), 1–11.