Books and Monographs
Modern Control Theory and the Limits of Criminal Justice. (with Travis Hirschi). 2019. New York: Oxford University Press.
Control Theories of Crime and Delinquency. Ed. (with Chester Britt) 2003. New Brunswick: Transaction Books.
The Generality of Deviance. Ed. (with Travis Hirschi) 1995. New Brunswick: Transaction Books.
Personal Liberty and Community Safety: Pretrial Release in the Criminal Courts. (with John Goldkamp, Peter Jones and Doris Wieland) 1995. New York: Plenum. 342pp.
A General Theory of Crime. (with Travis Hirschi) 1990. Stanford California: Stanford University Press.
Decision-making in Criminal Justice: Toward the Rational Exercise of Discretion. (with Don Gottfredson) 1988. New York: Plenum.
Policy Guidelines for Bail: An Experiment in Court Reform. (with John Goldkamp) 1985. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Victims of Crime: The Dimensions of Risk. 1984. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office.
Victims of Personal Crime: An Empirical Foundation for a Theory of Personal Victimization. (with Michael Hindelang and James Garofalo). 1978. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Press
Selected Papers
“The essential role of cross-national research in assessing theories of crime: Illustrations from modern control theory.” 2021. International Criminology 1, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43576-020-00003-w.
“Modern control theory, lifestyle, and criminal victimization.” 2021. In, Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions. Advances in Criminological Theory. Routledge.
“Global criminology and general theory: Early childhood, self control and prevention.” 2018. Asian Journal of Criminology, 13, 347–365. Best Paper Award, Asian Criminological Society, 2019.
“Self control theory of crime.” 2019, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Second Edition. Wiley & Sons.
“Self control theory and criminal violence.” 2018. Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.
“Self-control theory.” 2017. Oxford Research Encyclopedia on Crime and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press.
“Policy implications about properties of arrest risk.” 2017. Criminology & Public Policy, 16:3:999-1007.
“Youth violence: What we know and what we need to know”. (with Brad Bushman and others). American Psychologist, 2016. 71:1:17-39.
“The criminal career perspective as an explanation of crime and a guide to crime control policy: The view from general theories of crime.” (with Travis Hirschi). 2016. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 53:3:406-19.
“A note on the role of basic theory in thinking about crime prevention.” 2013. European Journal of Crime Policy and Research, 19:91
“Sanctions, situations and agency in control theories of crime.” 2011. European Journal of Criminology, 8:129.
“Some advantages of a crime-free criminology.” 2011. In What is Criminology. Oxford University Press.
“In Pursuit of a Control Theory of Crime.” 2011. Advances in Criminological Theory, vol. 17. Transaction
“Offender Classifications and Treatment Effects in Developmental Criminology: A Propensity/Event Consideration.” 2005. Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 602:46.
“The Empirical Status of Control Theories in Criminology.” 2006. Advances in Criminological Theory, vol. 15. Transaction.