Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction
ISBN: 9780131702103 | 0131702106
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 5/14/2010
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Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 4e is a clear, contemporary and comprehensive introduction to the study of criminology. Offering a thematic approach that contrasts the social responsibility and social problems approaches to crime theory, the book encourages students to think critically about the causes of crime. Completely up to date and featuring expanded coverage of sociological theories of crime, terrorism and white collar and high tech crime, Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 4e introduces students to the excitin... MORE
| The Crime Picture | |
| What Is Criminology? Introduction | |
| What Is Crime? | |
| Crime in The News: Fans and Family Defend Michael Jackson | |
| Crime and Deviance | |
| Crime in The News: In Taiwan, Not Much Ado over Gays Saying ldquo;I Dordquo; What Should be Criminal? | |
| What Do Criminologists Do? | |
| What is Criminology? | |
| Theory Versus Reality | ... MORE |
| Varying Perspectives on Crime and Criminology Theoretical Criminology | |
| Criminology and Social Policy | |
| Social Policy and Public Crime Concerns | |
| The Theme of this Book | |
| The Social Context of Crime | |
| Theory Versus Reality | |
| A Public Health Model of Crime Control | |
| Making Sense of Crime: The Causes and Consequences of the Criminal Event Theory Versus Reality | |
| The Murder of John Lennon | |
| The Primacy of Sociology? Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Web Quest | |
| Library Extras | |
| Notes | |
| Patterns of Crime | |
| Introduction | |
| A History of Crime Statistics | |
| Adolphe Queacute;telet and Andreacute; Michel Guerry | |
| Crime Statistics Today | |
| Programmatic Problems with Available Data | |
| The UCR Program | |
| NIBRS: The New UCR | |
| Crime in The News: Crime Rate Hits 30-Year Low Hate Crimes Data Gathering under the NCVS | |
| Patterns of Change | |
| The Crime Problem | |
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