Violence: From Theory to Research is an important reader that brings together theoretical and empirical papers prepared by the most noted researchers and theoreticians of our times. The first part includes chapters by criminological theorists who apply their theory of crime particularly to violence. The second part contains chapters by researchers who look at the substantive area of their expertise through the lens of theories of violence. Each chapter is original and was written specifically for this book. The aim of the book is to gather and assess the most sophisticated and current theory and empirical work in order to advance our understanding of violence.

Contributors include: Robert Agnew, Ronald L. Akers, Donald Black, Henry H. Brownstein, Robert J. Bursik, Jr., Mary Ann Dutton, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Marcus Felson, Richard B. Felson, Mark S. Hamm, Shelly L. Jackson, Christopher Hewitt, Michael J. Lynch, Claire M. Renzetti, Richard Rosenfeld, Roberta Senechal de la Roche, Adam L. Silverman, Charles R. Tittle, Helene Raskin White and Margaret A. Zahn