This 2nd edition of the Handbook provides an interdisciplinary coverage of new understandings of the most important developments in the sociology of crime and deviance that is current and emerging for research, methodology, practice, and theory in criminology. It fosters research to take the fields of criminology and criminal justice in new directions. Unlike any other handbook, it includes chapters on cutting-edge quantitative data and analytical techniques that are shaping the future of empirical research and expanding theoretical explanations of crime and deviance. It further devotes a section to the most current and innovative methodological issues. Chapters are updated providing an inclusive discussion of the current research and the theoretical and empirical future of crime and deviance. This handbook is of great interest for advanced undergraduates, graduates students, researchers and scholars in criminology, criminal justice, sociology and related fields, such as social welfare, economics, and psychology.

I. Methodological Issues in Criminological Research; Alan Lizotte.- 1. Place-Based Data, Methods and Analysis: Past, present, and Future; Martin Andresen and Tarah Hodgkinson.- 2. NIBRS as the New Normal: What Fully Incident-Based Crime Data Mean for Researchers; Lynn A. Addington.- 3. Ethical Controversies In Engaged Research Nicole Janich and David E. Duffee.- 4. Victimization at Schools and on College and University Campuses: Historical Development and Applications of Opportunity Framework, Leah C. Butler, Teressa C. Kulig, Bonnie S. Fisher and Pamela Wilcox.- II. Explanations of Crime; Marvin D. Krohn.- 5. The Biosocial Perspective: A Brief Overview and Potential Contributions to Criminological Theory; Joseph A. Schwartz, Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver.- 6. The Social Learning Theory of Crime and Deviance; Ronald L. Akers and Wesley G. Jennings.- 7. Self-Control Theory: Theoretical and Research Issues; Michael Rocque and Alex R. Piquero.- 8. General Strain Theory; RobertAgnew and Timothy Brezina.- 9. Institutional-Anomie Theory: An Evolving Research Program; Steven F. Messner, Richard Rosenfeld and Andreas Hövermann.- 10. Labeling Theory; Jón Gunnar Bernburg.- 11. Social Disorganization Theory: Past, Present and Future, Charis E. Kubrin and Michelle D. Mioduszewski.- 12. Social Support and Crime; Cecilia Chouhy.- 13. Control Balance Theory of Deviance; Charles R. Tittle and Cindy Brooks Dollar.- 14. Situational Action Theory: A General, Dynamic and Mechanism-Based Theory of Crime and its Causes; Per-Olof H Wikström.- 15. Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Crime and Deviance; Jeffrey T. Ward.- 16. The "Great American Crime Decline": Possible Explanations; Maria Tcherni-Buzzeo.- III. Criminal Justice Issues.- 17. Targeted Policing for Crime Reduction; Anthony A. Braga and Lisa Barao.- 18. Situational Crime Prevention: Theory, Practice and Evidence; John E. Eck and Ronald V. Clarke.- 19. Desistance from Crime: Past to Present; Michael Rocque and Lisa Slivken.- 20. American Capital Punishment Over Changing Times: Policies and Practices; James R. Acker.- 21. Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System: Issues and Considerations; Erin M. Falconer.- 22. Hate Crimes: Perspectives on Offending and the Law; Ryan D. King.- 23. Cybercrime; Catherine D. Marcum and George E. Higgins.- IV. Special Topics in Crime and Deviance.- 24. The Crucial Role of Friendships and Peer Relationships in the Etiology of Crime, Deviance, and Substance Use; John H. Boman, IV.- 25. Youth Gangs: Structures and Group Violence; James C. Howell.- 26. Comorbidity of Substance Use and Violence; Helene R. White, Fiona N. Conway, and Judit H. Ward.- 27. Shots in the Dark: Enlightening the Gun Control Debate; Richard L. Legault, Nicole Hendrix and Alan J. Lizotte.- Chapter 28. Family Violence and Delinquency; Timothy O. Ireland, Carolyn A. Smith and Cheyenne Loveland.- 29. Environmental and Green Crime; Matt Nobles.- 30. Employment, Crime, and Devianceacross the Life-Course; John M. Eassey.- 31. Terrorist Decision-Making, Ideology and Counterterrorism; Rose Bellandi.