Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Case for the Use of Literary Works in Criminology -- 2 The Historical Setting: Shakespeare's England -- 3 Violence against the Person -- 4 Property Crimes -- 5 Noncriminal Deviance andNonviolent Sexual Deviance -- 6 Classicalism: Rational Choice: Macbeth -- 7 Lombrosianism, Theories of Heredity, and Psychopathy andthe Antisocial Personality -- 8 Ecological Theory: Pompey, Froth -- 9 Social Learning Theories: Othello, Richard III -- 10 Social Control andBondTheories: Lady Macbeth, Othello, Richard III -- 11 Normalcy of Crime andStrain/Anomie Theories -- 12 Social Reaction/ Labeling Theory: Shylock -- 13 Conflict Theory: Shylock -- 14 Integrated Theories -- 15 The Etiology of Punishment -- 16 The Duke's Judgment -- 17 Conclusion and Recommendation -- Appendix: Who Was William Shakespeare? -- Bibliography -- Index.