Criminology : theory and context
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Criminology : theory and context
Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1996
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-316) and indexes
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Description
An introduction to criminological theory and to the scope of criminology as an academic discipline. Criminolgical theory is presented within wider social and political contexts, charting the corresponding development of the academic discipline in a chronolgical framework.
Table of Contents
Introduction *Preliminaries and Early History. *Criminology, Crime and Deviance: Some Preliminaries *Measuring Crime and Criminality *Criminology and Criminologists Up to World War Two *World War Two to the Mid 1960s *The Discipline of Criminology and Its Context: World War Two to the Mid 1960s *Social Disorganisation and Anomie *Strain, Subcultures and Delinquency *Criminological Theory in Britain: World War Two to the Mid 1960s *The Mid 1960s to the Early 1970s *The Discipline of Criminology and Its Context: The Mid 1960s and the Early 1970s *New Deviancy Theory: The Interactionist Approach to Deviance *The 1970s *The Discipline of Criminology and its Context: Post-New Deviancy in the 1970s. *Post-New Deviancy and New Criminology *The 1980s and 1990s *The Discipline of Criminology and its Context: The 1980s and 1990s *Criminological Theory in the 1980s and 1990s.
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