Travis Hirschi - The Craft of Criminology: Selected Papers

First published 2002 by Transaction Publishers

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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2001057990

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Hirschi, Travis.
The craft of criminology : selected papers / Travis Hirschi; edited and with a new introduction by John H. Laub.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0-7658-0142-6 (cloth : alk. paper).
1. Criminology. 2. Crime. 3. CrimeResearchMethodology. I. Laub, John H. II. Title.

HV6025 .H625 2002
364dc21

2001057990

ISBN 13: 978-1-4128-5586-0 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 978-0-7658-0142-5 (hbk)

When books are created, inevitably debts are incurred. In this case, the debts are quite steep. First and foremost, I thank my mentor and friend, Travis Hirschi. I first met Travis in 1977 when I was a graduate student in the School of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Albany. As a student, I had an abiding research interest in the history of criminology. I have been especially interested in the lives of criminologists and how their personal history relates to their ideas and perspectives. For more than twenty years, I have been badgering Travis about an interview where we would explore such issues. Travis repeatedly said no, politely, but firmly. I persisted. When I approached Travis in October of 1999 about this project, I was surprised and delighted that he acquiesced. He told me, I work well with support and not at all without it. Well, let me state for the record, work he did. He agreed to an interview, large portions of which are contained in the introduction to this volume. He scanned articles, he offered suggestions for editing the articles (virtually all of which I accepted), he wrote the first drafts of the introductions to the individual papers, and he reviewed and commented on my introduction. In other words, Travis did everything that needed to be done and more. It is, of course, obvious that this collection of Travis Hirschi's papers could not be produced without his help. But this prosaic statement does not capture his contributions to this volume. For this and other things too numerous to mention, I will be forever grateful to him.

I thank all of the publishers for their permission to reprint the papers in this volume. Full citations and copyright information are provided on pps. viii-x. The reader should know that we decided to leave the text as written at the time of publication rather than artificially substitute current term usage.

I also want to thank another friend and colleague from the old Albany days, Michael Gottfredson. For a long time Mike has been a constant source of support and guidance. I have a sneaky suspicion that Travis agreed to pursue this project with a bit of a push from Mike. So I acknowledge Mike for his assistance in making this work a reality.

Others deserve mention as well. My best friend, Rob Sampson, was available when needed and always provided wise counsel, even when it was hard to accept. Elaine Eggleston was an impeccable research assistant. And, I especially want to thank Lee Ann Slocum who has played such a key role in bringing this book together. Lee performed a variety of tasks and handled each one successfully, professionally, and with good humor. She was a delight to work with on this project.

I thank Mary Curtis, Irving Louis Horowitz, and Anne Schneider of Transaction Press for all of their support. In particular, Anne has been terrific in responding to any and all questions and concerns.

Finally, I thank my wife Joanne and our daughter Calies. They make all things possible in more ways than they will ever know.

John H. Laub

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The following chapters are reprinted by permission:

Travis Hirschi and Hanan C. Selvin. 1967. Principles of Causal Analysis originally appeared in Delinquency Research: An Appraisal of Analytic Methods. New York: The Free Press. (Reissued with original title by Transaction Publishers, with a new introduction by Travis Hirschi, 1996.) Reprinted by permission of Transaction Publishers.

Travis Hirschi and Hanan C. Selvin. 1966. False Criteria of Causality in Delinquency Research. Social Problems 13:254268. Copyright 1966 by the Society of Social Problems. Reprinted by permission of the University of California Press

Travis Hirschi. 1973. Procedural Rules and the Study of Deviant Behavior. Social Problems 21:159173. Copyright 1973 by the Society of Social Problems. Reprinted by permission of the University of California Press.

Michael R. Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi. 1987. The Methodological Adequacy of Longitudinal Research on Crime. Criminology 25:581614. Reprinted by permission of the American Society of Criminology.

Travis Hirschi. 1969. A Control Theory of Delinquency originally appeared in Causes of Delinquency. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (Reissued with original title by Transaction Publishers, with a new introduction by Travis Hirschi, 2001.) Reprinted by permission of Transaction Publishers.

Travis Hirschi and Rodney Stark. 1969. Hellfire and Delinquency. Social Problems 17:202-213. Copyright 1969 by the Society of Social Problems. Reprinted by permission of the University of California Press.

Travis Hirschi. 1977. Causes and Prevention of Delinquency. Sociological Inquiry 47:322-341. Copyright 1977 by the University of Texas Press.

Travis Hirschi and Michael J. Hindelang. 1977. Intelligence and Delinquency: A Revisionist Review. American Sociological Review 42:571587. Reprinted by permission of the American Sociological Association.

Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson. 1983. Age and the Explanation of Crime.