It’s Episode 88 and for this episode, we are hosting Professor Robert Agnew, who is speaking with us about his career as a criminologist, his work on general strain theory, and his thoughts on the field.
Robert Agnew is Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at Emory University. Robert served as the president of the American Society of Criminology in 2013 and is currently a fellow. His research focuses on the causes of delinquency and criminological theory, specially on his general strain theory. Robert received his PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980.
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Get in touch with Robert:
Emory University Website // bagnew AT emory.edu
These are the articles authored by Robert and his colleague that were discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Agnew, R. (1985). A revised strain theory of delinquency. Social forces, 64(1), 151-167. [article link]
Agnew, R. (1992). Foundation for a general strain theory of crime and delinquency. Criminology, 30(1), 47-88. [article link]
Agnew, R. (2001). Building on the foundation of general strain theory: Specifying the types of strain most likely to lead to delinquency. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 38, 319-361.
Thaxton, S., & Agnew, R. (2018). When criminal coping is likely: An examination of conditioning effects in general strain theory. Journal of quantitative criminology, 34, 887-920. [article link]