Criminology
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Criminology
McGraw Hill, c1995
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
This introductory text on criminology covers topics such as the nature and extent of crime, the foundations of the discipline, the explanations of criminal behaviour, ethnic gangs, victimology and society's response to crime.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Understanding criminology: an overview of criminology
- measuring crime and criminal behaviour patterns
- schools of thought throughout history. Part 2 Explanation of criminal behaviour: psychological and biological perspectives
- strain and cultural deviance theories
- the formation of subcultures
- social control theory
- alternative explanations of crime - labelling, conflict and radical theories
- the concept of crime
- violent crimes
- crimes against property
- organizational criminality
- drug-, alcohol-, and sex-related crime
- comparative criminology. Part 3 A criminological approach to the criminal justice system: processes and decisions
- enforcing the law - practice and research
- the nature and function
- a research focus on corrections.
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