Crime Types and Criminals
ISBN: 9781412964791 | 1412964792
Format: PaperbackPublisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 1/21/2009
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Crime Types and Criminals is an essential introduction to the study of criminology, focusing on crime types in particular. This book provides broad coverage of all major crime types, as well as coverage of research methods and theory. This book can be used both as a stand-alone and supplementary text in courses such as introduction to criminology, crime and society, deviant behaviour, crime profiling, and many other courses within the criminology and criminal justice discipline. Unlike many of the current criminology books on the market, this is a brief book that really talks about all kinds of crime and criminals in detail in a way to capture and retain student interest.
| Introduction | |
| Criminology | |
| Fads and Fashions in Crime | |
| The Emergence of Criminology | |
| Crime and Deviance | |
| Sumner's Types of Norms | |
| Mala in Se and Mala Prohibita | |
| Social Change and the Emergence of Law | |
| Consensus vs. Conflict Model of Law | |
| Crime and Criminal Law | |
| Who Defines Crime? Crim... MORE | |
| The Crime Problem | |
| The Cost of Crime | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| General Characteristics of Crime and Criminals | |
| Caution in Interpreting Crime Data | |
| International Variations in Crime | |
| The Prevalence of Crime | |
| Trends in Crime | |
| Age and Crime | |
| Gender Differences in Criminality | |
| Social Class and Crime | |
| Race and Crime | |
| Regional Variation in Crime | |
| Urban/Rural Differences | |
| Institutions and Crime | |
| The Family and Crime | |
| Education and Crime | |
| Religion and Crime | |
| War and Crime | |
| Economy and Crime | |
| Mass Media and Crime | |
| Criminal Typologies | |
| A Critique of Typologies | |
| A Defense of Typologies | |
| Criminal Behavior Systems | |
| Theoretical Range and Criminological Explanation | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| An Overview of Theory in Criminology | |
| Theory | |
| Major Theoretical Approaches | |
| Demonological Theory | |
| Classical and Neo-Classical Theory | |
| Ecological Theory | |
| Forerunners of Modern Criminological Thought | |
| Economic Theory | |
| Biological Theory | |
| Psychological Theory | |
| Mainstream Sociological Theory | |
| Critical Sociological Theory | |
| Integrated Theories of Crime | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| Violent Crime | |
| History of Violence in the United States | |
| Murder and Mayhem | |
| Types of Murders: Multicide | |
| Victim Precipitation | |
| Typology of Violent Offenders | |
| Legal Aspects | |
| Homicide and Assault Statistics | |
| Patterns and Trends in Violent Crime | |
| Workplace Violence | |
| School Violence | |
| Guns | |
| Sexual Assault | |
| Acquaintance Rape | |
| Amir vs. Brownmiller | |
| Rape as a Violent Act | |
| Sexual Harassment | |
| Robbery | |
| Conklin's Typology of Robbers | |
| Domestic Violence | |
| Child Abuse | |
| Spouse Abuse | |
| Elder Abuse | |
| Kidnapping | |
| Criminal Careers of Violent Offenders | |
| Culture of Violence | |
| Subculture of Violence | |
| Career Criminals/Violent Predators | |
| Societal Reaction | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| Property Crime: Occasional, Conventional and Professional | |
| Introduction | |
| Occasional Property Crimes | |
| Shoplifting | |
| Vandalism | |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | |
| Check Forgery | |
| Conventional Property Crimes | |
| Burglary | |
| Fencing Operations | |
| Stings | |
| Larceny/Theft | |
| Arson -- A Special-Category Offense | |
| Criminal Careers of Occasional and Conventional Property Criminals | |
| Societal Reaction | |
| Professional Crime | |
| The Concept of "Professional Crime" | |
| Characteristics of Professional Crime | |
| Argot | |
| A Model of Professional Crime | |
| Edelhertz's Typology | |
| Scams | |
| Big Cons | |
| Maurer's The Big Con | |
| Identity Theft | |
| Ponzi Schemes | |
| Pyramid Schemes | |
| Religious Cons | |
| Boosters | |
| Cannons | |
| Professional Burglars | |
| The Box Man | |
| The Professional Fence | |
| Paper Hangers | |
| Professional Robbers | |
| Professional Arsonists | |
| Professional Auto Theft Rings | |
| Professional Killers | |
| Criminal Careers of Professionals | |
| Societal Reaction | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| White Collar Crime: Occupational and Corporate | |
| White Collar Crime -- The Classic Statement | |
| Related Concepts | |
| The Measurement and Cost of Occupational and Corporate Crime | |
| The History of Corporate, Organizational, and Occupational Crime | |
| Legal Regulation | |
| Occupations and the Law | |
| Organizations and the Law | |
| Occupational Crime | |
| Crimes by Employees | |
| Crimes by Employees Against Individuals (the Public) | |
| Crimes by Employees Against Employees | |
| Crimes by Employees Against Organizations | |
| Crimes by Individuals (or Members of Occupations) | |
| Corporate Crime | |
| Crimes by Organizations/Corporations Against Individuals (the Public) | |
| Crimes by Organizations Against Employees | |
| Crimes by Organizations (Corporations) Against Organizations | |
| Criminal Careers of Occupational and Organizational Offenders | |
| Societal Reaction | |
| Why the Leniency in Punishment? | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| Political Crime and Terrorism | |
| Ideology | |
| Political Crime: A Definition | |
| Legal Aspects | |
| The Nuremburg Principle | |
| The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
| International Law | |
| Crimes by Government | |
| Secret Police | |
| Human Rights Violations | |
| Genocide | |
| Crimes by Police | |
| Illegal Surveillance, Disruption, and Experiments | |
| Scandal | |
| Crimes Against Government | |
| Protest and Dissent | |
| Assassination | |
| Espionage | |
| Political "Whistleblowing" | |
| Terrorism | |
| The Oklahoma City Bombing | |
| Criminal Careers of Political Criminals | |
| The Doctrine of Raison d'État | |
| Terrorism and Social Policy | |
| Societal Reaction | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| Organized Crime | |
| Organized Crime: A Problematic Definition | |
| Sources of Information on Organized Crime | |
| Types of Organized Crime (Generic Definitions) | |
| The Organized Crime Continuum | |
| Street Gangs | |
| International Organized Crime | |
| Yakuza | |
| Chinese Triad Societies | |
| Russian Organized Crime | |
| The Nature of Organized Crime | |
| Ethnicity and Organized Crime | |
| Money Laundering | |
| Drug Trafficking | |
| Colombian Cartels | |
| The Underground Empire | |
| Theories of the Nature of Syndicate Crime in the United States | |
| The Cosa Nostra Theory (The Cressey Model) | |
| The Patron Theory (The Albini Model) | |
| The Italian-American Syndicate (LAS) | |
| The Classic Pattern of Organized Crime | |
| Strategic and Tactical Crimes | |
| Illegal Businesses and Activities | |
| Big Business and Government | |
| A Brief History of Organized Crime in the United States | |
| Before 1930 | |
| The Luciano Period | |
| The Genovese Period | |
| The Appalachian Meetings | |
| The Gambino Period | |
| The Commission Trials | |
| Other Developments | |
| Criminal Careers of Organized Criminals | |
| Public and Legal Reaction | |
| Drug Control Strategies | |
| Investigative Procedures | |
| Laws and Organized Crime | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| Public Order Crime | |
| Introduction | |
| Nuts, Guts, Sluts, and "Preverts" | |
| Broken Windows | |
| Prostitution | |
| Types of Prostitution | |
| Massage Parlors | |
| Johns | |
| Underaged Prostitutes | |
| Homosexual Behavior | |
| Sexual Offenses | |
| Paraphilia | |
| Nonvictimless Sexual Offenses | |
| Sexual Predators | |
| Characteristics of Sex Offenders | |
| Drug Abuse | |
| Drugs and History | |
| Drug Use in the United States: The Drug Dip? | |
| Drug Abuse and Crime | |
| Drunkenness | |
| The Prohibition Experiment | |
| Special Populations | |
| Societal Reaction | |
| Overcriminalization | |
| Decriminalization | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
| Computer Crime and the Future of Crime | |
| Computer Crime | |
| Types of Computer Crime | |
| Argot of Computer Crime | |
| Online Predators | |
| Cyberterrorism | |
| The Future of Crime | |
| Predicting the Future of Crime: Methods | |
| Other Crime Predictions | |
| Crimewarps | |
| The Future of Digital Crime | |
| Other Predictions | |
| British Home Office Predictions | |
| Summary | |
| Key Concepts | |
| Review Questions | |
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