1. Hirschi’s View of Science 2. The Early Years: Utah to Berkeley then Washington 3. West to East Coast: The UC—Davis and SUNY Albany Years (1971–1981) 4. The Arizona Years: 1981 and Forward 5. What Hirschi Left to Criminology
Biography
Brendan D. Dooley is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Mount St. Mary’s University. Since 2011 he has served as Project Director of the Oral History of Criminology Project. His research interests are in the sociology of knowledge, as applied to criminology.
Sean E. Goodison has nearly 20 years of experience as a quantitative criminologist working directly with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to advance evidence-based policies and practices. His research interests include criminological theory, translational criminology, quantitative methods, and policing.
Travis Hirschi's odyssey from Causes of Delinquency (1969) to General Theory of Crime (1990) to Modern Control Theory (2020) reflected his commitment to the revitalization of the basic theoretical and methodological assumptions of contemporary criminology. His prose was sometimes provocative, his visions unconventional, but his logic was always persuasive. His work was animated by the classic insights of Hobbes, Bentham and Beccaria, but the scholars with whom he crossed paths were a who's who of contemporary criminology. Dooley and Goodison have provided a compelling introduction to the life and work of one of the giants of American criminology.
Augustine Brannigan, University of Calgary
Beginning with Causes of Delinquency, Travis Hirschi (1935-2017) revolutionized how we understand, empirically test, and engage with criminological theory today. In Travis Hirschi, Dooley and Goodison have written a tour de force in historical criminology—bringing to life Hirschi the towering scholar and reminding us that criminology’s future is indeed in its past.
Brandon C. Welsh, Dean’s Professor of Criminology, Northeastern University; author of Between Medicine and Criminology: Richard Cabot and the Making of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study
Much has been written about Travis Hirschi in criminology, from his unique style, to his indelible imprint on theoretical contributions to criminology. Yet Dooley and Goodison offer something fresh, stimulating, and valuable to the field. This book not only provides the most comprehensive overview of Hirschi's career and work but does so in a way that at once challenges and contributes to traditional histories of criminology as a field and science as a way of advancing knowledge. Dooley and Goodison's book is a must have for anyone interested in crime, theory, and human behavior.
Michael Rocque, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Faculty, Bates College; co-author of Great Debates in Criminology
