Social Bridges and Contexts in Criminology and Sociology : Reflections on the Intellectual Legacy of James F. Short, Jr. (Hardcover)

Contents List of Contributors EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION Lorine A. Hughes and Lisa M. Broidy PART ONE. INTELLECTUAL ROOTS Chapter 1. Reflections on Disciplines and Fields, Problems, Policies, and Life James F. Short, Jr. Chapter 2. James F. Short, Jr.?A Legacy of Integration Charles R. Tittle Chapter 3. Jim Short and the Chicago School of Sociology Andrew V. Papachristos PART TWO. EARLY CAREER CONTRIBUTIONS Chapter 4. Understanding Lethal Violence: Homicide and Suicide Charis E. Kubrin Chapter 5. Measuring Individual Behaviors with Self-Reports: The Case of Self-Reported Delinquency Alex R. Piquero PART THREE. CROWNING INSIGHTS Chapter 6. Core Controversies and Debates in the Study of Gangs Finn-Aage Esbensen and Cheryl L. Maxson Chapter 7. Levels of Explanation and the Group Process Perspective Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz Chapter 8. Social Observation, Participation, and Ethnography Mark S. Fleisher Chapter 9. Status Management and Situational Inducements to Violence Chris Melde and Mark T. Berg Chapter 10. Collective Action, Rational Choice, and Gang Delinquency: Appreciating Short and Strodtbeck ([1965] 1974) Ross L. Matsueda and Charles C. Lanfear PART FOUR. NOVEL APPLICATIONS TO KNOWLEDGE AND POLICY Chapter 11. Group Process and Knowledge Formation in Context: Gang Delinquency and Mass Atrocity Crimes Joachim J. Savelsberg Chapter 12. Government Commissions and the Search for Knowledge: Basic and Applied James F. Short, Jr. PART FIVE. REFLECTION ESSAYS Reflection 1. James F. Short, Jr.: A Remembrance Geoffrey Alpert Reflection 2. How Dr. Short Became Jim Jurg Gerber Reflection 3. Jim Short, All-American Advocate John Hagan Reflection 4. Personal Reflections on the Impact of James F. Short, Jr. Janet L. Lauritsen Reflection 5. I Still Blame Jodie Foster Robert F. Meier Reflection 6. Roads Well Traveled and A Life Well Lived Robert J. Sampson Reflection 7. Remembering Jim Short Charles R. Tittle Index