Criminology
ISBN: 9780205608966 | 0205608965
Edition: 10thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 12/28/2008
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For courses in Criminology.Unique in its approach, this book introduces students to criminology by examining broad-based concepts instead of just types of crimes. Using an extensive research base, the author discusses concepts such as social control and neutralization of the law; factors that facilitate crime; criminal careers; and the organization of criminal behavior. Real-life examples and special feature boxes appear throughout and address crime and the media, crime on campus, cross-cultural perspectives and critical issues. Figures, tables... MORE
| The Study of Crime | |
| Measuring Crime | |
| Crime and Its Costs | |
| Dimensions of Crime | |
| Biological and Psychological Explanations of Crime | |
| Social, Cultural, and Economic Sources of Crime | |
| Social Control and Commitment to the Law | |
| Learning to Commit Crime | |
| Opportunities and Facilitating Factors | |
| Criminal Careers | ... MORE |
| The Organization of Criminal Behavior | |
| Community Reactions to Crime | |
| The Criminal Justice System | |
| Deterrence, Incapacitation, Retribution, and Rehabilitation | |
| Solving the Crime Problem | |
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