Criminology
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Criminology
Butterworths, 1998
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-452) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A thorough discussion of the distribution and causation of crime which includes a discussion of the historical role of the police in the development of crime control. The text considers sociological and psychological explanations of criminal behaviour and focuses on the theoretical aspects of the subject.
Table of Contents
Part I: Crime and crime control - Alternative discourses: Development of crime and crime control as social phenomena - the role of the police. Conflicting images of crime. The statistics on crime and their meaning. The media and 'law and order'. Part II: Sociological explanations of crime: The classical and positivist traditions. The Chicago School and environmental criminology. Poverty, functionalism and strain. Subcultural theories, interactionism and phenomenology. Theories of control. Realist criminology, gender and crime. Part III: Biological and psychological aspects of crime: Biological factors and crime. Intelligence, mental disorder and crime. Personality theories. Violent, aggressive and sexual offences. Conclusion.
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