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The third edition of Criminology offers updated and expanded coverage on the depth and diversity of criminological theories. Following a historical path through the development of criminological theories, and with full references to guide the reader to further, more in-depth, study of anyparticular aspect, this text will be an engaging read for all those studying the subject.

Stephen Jones BA, Dip Crim, is Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol.

Introduction
The Origins and Development of Criminology
Crime and Crime Control: Alternative Discourses
The Development of Crime and Crime Control as Social Phenomena: The Role of the Police
Crime: Definitions and Conflicting Images
The Statistics on Crime and their Meaning
The Media and 'Law and Order'
Sociological Explanations of Crime
The Classical and Positivist Traditions
Crime and the Environment
Poverty, Anomie and Strain
Subcultural and Strain Theories
Interactionism and Phenomenology
Conflict, Marxist and Radical Theories of Crime
Realist Criminology
Theories of control
Gender and Crime
Biological and Pyschological Aspects of Crime
Biological Factors and Crime
Intelligence, Mental Disorder and Crime
Personality Theories
Violent, Aggressive and Sexual Offences
And Finally...
Bibliography
Name index
Subject index
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Criminology

Criminology

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