ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 provides an overview of prior attempts at theoretical integration in the field of criminology. The chapter begins with a review of some of the more popular integrated criminological theories and conceptualizations. In addition to covering the original integrated theory in criminology, Elliott, Ageton, and Canter’s (1979) integrated theory of delinquency, it also examines Moffitt’s (1993) developmental taxonomy, Thornberry’s (1989) interactive theory, Braithwaite’s (1989) reintegrative shaming approach, Sampson and Laub’s (1993) age-graded theory, and Tittle’s (1995) control balance theory. Conceptual and propositional integration are described and contrasted, and the three forms of propositional integration are surveyed: end-to-end, side-by-side, and up-and-down. The chapter ends with a review of the Hirschi‒Elliott debate on falsification versus integration and what this means for the future of criminological theory.
