The Big Picture
2010 Presidential Address to the American Society of Criminology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9681065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Rosenfeld (0000-0002-5007-8290, University of Missouri–St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00216.x |
| OpenAlex | W1963291134 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 24 |
Microanalysis holds sway over macroanalysis in contemporary criminology. All of criminology would be better off if greater attention were devoted to the big picture—the relationship between crime and the interplay of institutions in the social systems of whole societies. Microlevel researchers often assume that the reduction of individual criminal propensities leads ipso facto to reductions in aggregate crime rates, but the implied connection is illusive, has not been demonstrated, and is belied by the macroanalysis of crime. The perspectives, methods, and data of macrocriminology also need to be developed, however, if they are to advance our understanding of crime at the level of social systems. Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, Karl Polanyi, and C. Wright Mills have contributed essential building blocks for the study of the big picture of crime. Improvements in the quality and timeliness of aggregate crime data, finally, are necessary to bolster the policy relevance of macrocriminology
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When Work Disappears
| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |