Criminological theory
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Criminological theory
(Criminal justice : contemporary literature in theory and practice / series editors, Marilyn McShane, Frank P. Williams III, 3)
Garland, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First Published in 1997. This is a book about the different ways in which crime and criminal behaviour has been explained in modern times. It will be seen that there are different explanations - or theories - which have been proposed at various times during the past 200 years by among others legal philosophers, biologists, psychologists, sociologists and political scientists.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction: crime and modernity
- Part 1 The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour
- Chapter 2 Classical criminology
- Chapter 3 Populist conservative criminology
- Chapter 4 Contemporary rational actor theories
- Part 2 The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour
- Chapter 5 Biological positivism
- Chapter 6 Psychological positivism
- Chapter 7 Sociological positivism
- Chapter 8 Women and positivism
- Part 3 The victimised actor model of crime and criminal behaviour
- Chapter 9 Labelling theories
- Chapter 10 Conflict and radical theories
- Chapter 11 The gendered criminal
- Chapter 12 Critical criminology
- Part 4 Integrated explanations of crime and criminal behaviour
- Chapter 13 Socio-biological theories
- Chapter 14 Environmental criminology
- Chapter 15 Social control theories
- Chapter 16 Left realism
- Chapter 17 Conclusion: crime and the postmodern condition
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