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Criminology : Explaining Crime and Its Context

ISBN: 9781593459581 | 1593459580
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
Pub. Date: 6/1/2004

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Table of ContentsAuthor Biography
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Prefacep. v
The Plan of the Bookp. vii
Foundations for Criminologyp. 1
Crime and Criminologyp. 3
Criminology as Sciencep. 11
Ideology Within Criminologyp. 12
The "Crime" in Criminologyp. 19
Paradigms in Criminologyp. 26
Summaryp. 29
Criminal Law and the Criminal Justice Systemp. 37
The Concept of Lawp. 37
The Criminal Justice Systemp. 51
Goals of Criminal Justicep. 52
The Idea and Practice of Criminal Justicep. 56
Summaryp. 75
Production of Crime Statisticsp. 83
Review of Elementary Research Methodologyp. 84
History of Official Crime Statisticsp. 87
Description of the Uniform Crime Reportsp. 88
Alternative Measures of Crimep. 98
Comparison of UCR, SRD, and NCVS Data Sourcesp. 115
Other Measures of Crimep. 116
Summaryp. 120
Distribution of Crimep. 129
Volume of Crime: Uniform Crime Reportsp. 129
Volume of Crime: National Crime Victimization Surveyp. 135
Volume of Crime: Self-Report Studiesp. 139
Distribution of Crime by Genderp. 141
Distribution of Crime by Agep. 154
Distribution of Crime by Racep. 157
Distribution of Crime by Social Classp. 158
Victims of Crimep. 161
Summaryp. 166
Theories of Crimep. 173
Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories of Crimep. 177
Preclassical Views of Crimep. 178
The Classical School of Criminologyp. 181
Contemporary Deterrence Theoryp. 192
Conceptualizing Deterrencep. 195
A Rational Choice Perspectivep. 219
How Rational Is Choice?p. 223
Summaryp. 226
Biogenic and Psychogenic Theories of Crimep. 237
Families and Criminal Heredityp. 251
Contemporary Biological Perspectivesp. 252
More Recent Family Studiesp. 258
Psychogenic Theories of Crimep. 268
Psychoanalytic Theoriesp. 269
Personality Theoriesp. 271
Integrating Psychological Explanationsp. 274
Summaryp. 275
Social Structure Theories of Crimep. 283
Strain Theoriesp. 285
Assessing Strain Theoriesp. 304
Policy Implicationsp. 306
Social Ecologyp. 307
Summaryp. 314
Social Process Theories of Crimep. 321
Learning Criminal Behaviorp. 322
Culture Conflict and Crimep. 335
Social Control and Crimep. 343
Summaryp. 358
Social Reaction Theories of Crimep. 365
Labeling Theoryp. 367
Roots of Critical Criminologyp. 383
Summaryp. 401
Recent Developments in Criminological Theoryp. 407
Integrated Theoretical Modelsp. 408
The Criminal Career Debatep. 425
Developmental Criminologyp. 431
Summaryp. 436
Types of Crimep. 443
Violent Crimep. 445
Index Crimes: Murder, Assault, and Rapep. 447
Family Violencep. 471
Corporate, Government, and Professional Violencep. 478
Summaryp. 485
Economic Crimep. 493
Acquisitiveness and Theftp. 493
Acquisitiveness Cross-Culturallyp. 494
Social Conditions and Theftp. 495
The Law of Theftp. 497
White-Collar Economic Offensesp. 515
Historical Background of White-Collar Crimep. 516
Coining the Concept of White-Collar Crimep. 516
Forms of White-Collar Crimep. 518
Rationalization and White-Collar Crimep. 520
Other Characteristics of White-Collar Crimep. 520
Later Research on White-Collar Crimep. 522
Criminological Theory and White-Collar Crimep. 523
Summaryp. 524
Crimes Without Victimsp. 531
Should They Be Crimes?p. 532
Pornographyp. 533
Motorcycle Helmetsp. 533
Pros and Consp. 534
The Decriminalization Driftp. 535
Witchcraftp. 536
Abortionp. 537
Physician-Assisted Suicidep. 539
Prostitution (also known as Sex Work)p. 544
Drug Offensesp. 548
Trends in Drug Usep. 561
Summaryp. 563
Current Issues in Criminologyp. 571
Gun Controlp. 575
The Get-Tough Measuresp. 579
Hate Crimesp. 584
Megan's Lawp. 586
Political Crime and Terrorismp. 588
State Crimesp. 590
Victims Without Crimesp. 592
Cigarette Smokingp. 593
Through the Looking Glassp. 595
Name Indexp. 605
Subject Indexp. 619
About the Authorsp. 651
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Stephen E. Brown is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University. Finn-Aage Esbensen will join the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Youth Crime and Violence. Gilbert Geis is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine.


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