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Criminology
ISBN: 9780205464401 | 0205464408
Edition: 9thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007
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"This successful text thoroughly examines specific crimes and criminals and gives students the tools to analyze criminal behavior. "Conklin's "Criminology" looks at crime in a broad context, examining socioeconomic sources of crime and the organization of criminal activity. This distinctive approach offers students a uniquely broad-based perspective and advances the overall understanding of crime. This new edition includes up-to-date and topical material - e.g. the motives of suicide bombers and looting after the 2004 tsunami - to engage studen... MORE
| Feature Boxes Preface Author Biography | |
| The Study of Crime | |
| The Nature of Crime and Delinquency | |
| The Characteristics of Crime Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Social Origins of the Criminal Law Historical Perspectives | |
| Theoretical Perspectives Strategies of Criminological | |
| Research Comparative and Historical Research Biographies Patterns of Crime | |
| The Cohort Study Surv... MORE | |
| Review Questions For Further Study | |
| Measuring Crime | |
| The Emergence of Modern Criminology Classical Criminology | |
| Cartography Positivism Official Crime Statistics History of Crime Statistics in the United States FBI | |
| Crime Statistics Crime Rates Gathering Crime Statistics | |
| Using FBI Data for Criminological Research Measuring | |
| Criminal Victimization History of Victimization Surveys Comparing NCVS and FBI Data | |
| The Dark Figure Methodological Problems with Victimization Surveys | |
| Measuring Crime by Self-Reports History of Self-Report Studies | |
| The Dark Figure Methodological Problems with Self-Report Studies | |
| Summary Important Terms Review Questions For Further Study | |
| Crime and Its Costs Conventional Crimes Crimes of Violence Property Crimes | |
| White-Collar Crime Is White-Collar Crime Different? | |
| The Costs of White-Collar Crime Organized Crime | |
| The Costs of Organized Crime Victimless Crimes | |
| Drug Use Gambling Prostitution Summary Important | |
| Terms Review Questions For Further Study | |
| Dimensions of Crime Cross-National Variations in Crime | |
| Rates Regional Variations in Crime Rates within the United States | |
| Variations in Crime Rates by Community Crime | |
| within Metropolitan Areas Migration and Crime Temporal Variations in Crime Rates Seasonal Variations in Crime Rates | |
| Annual Trends in Crime Rates Variations in Crime Rates by Sex Sex and Juvenile | |
| Delinquency Sex and Crime Sex and Victimization Variations in Crime Rates by Age | |
| Age-Specific Arrest Rates Age Distribution and Crime Rates | |
| Age and Victimization Variations in Crime Rates by Race Race | |
| Arrest Statistics, and Self-Report Studies Race, Crime, and Background | |
| Variables Race and Victimization Variations in Crime Rates by Social | |
| Class Social Class and Adult Crime Social Class and Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Methodological Problems Social Class and Victimization Summary | |
| Important Terms Review Questions For Further Study | |
| Biological and Psychological Explanations of Crime Biological | |
| Explanations of Crime History of the Biological | |
| Perspective on Crime Modern Biological | |
| Research on Crime Biology and Modern Criminology | |
| Psychological Explanations of Crime Intelligence and Crime Personality | |
| Characteristics Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders | |
| Psychology and Variations in Crime Rates Psychology and the Criminal | |
| Law Summary Important Terms Review Questions For Further Study | |
| Social, Cultural, and | |
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