Criminology : A Sociological Approach
ISBN: 9780195394764 | 0195394763
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 2/11/2010
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Ideal for undergraduate courses in criminology--especially those taught from a critical perspective--Criminology: A Sociological Approach, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive yet highly accessible introduction to the study of crime and criminological theory. Authors Piers Beirne and James W. Messerschmidt present the topic from a sociological standpoint, emphasizing the social construction of crime and showing how crime relates to gender, class, race, and age. Providing students with a strong theoretical foundation, the book also addresses histor... MORE
| Introduction to Criminology | |
| The Problem of Crime | |
| Images of Crime | |
| Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminalization | |
| Crime as a Sociological Problem | |
| The Measurement of Crime | |
| Caution: Data Do Not Speak for Themselves | |
| Official Crime Data | |
| Unofficial Crime Data | |
| Comparative Criminology and Globalization | ... MORE |
| Approaching Comparative Criminology | |
| Comparative Crime and Victimization Data | |
| Cross-National Generalizations Regarding Crime | |
| Criminological Theory | |
| Inventing Criminology: Classicism, Positivism, and Beyond | |
| The Enlightenment and Classical Criminology | |
| The Emergence of Positivist Criminology | |
| Neoclassical Criminology | |
| Social Structure, Anomie, and Crime | |
| Durkheim's Sociology of Law and Crime | |
| Social Structure, Anomie, and Deviance | |
| Revised Strain Theory | |
| Delinquent Subcultures, Subcultures of Delinquency, and the Labeling Perspective | |
| The Chicago School of Criminology, Disorganization, and Delinquency | |
| Delinquent Subcultures | |
| Matza's Delinquency and Drift | |
| The Labeling Perspective | |
| Social Learning and Social Control Theories | |
| Differential Association | |
| Social Learning | |
| Social Control | |
| Self-Control | |
| Control Balance | |
| The Conflict Tradition | |
| Marxism, Law, and Crime | |
| Conflict Theory | |
| Radical Criminology | |
| Feminist Criminology and Critical Criminologies | |
| Feminist Criminology | |
| Critical Criminologies | |
| Inequalities and Crime | |
| Inequality, Crime, and Victimization | |
| Class and Crime | |
| Gender and Crime | |
| Race and Crime | |
| Age and Crime | |
| Property Crime | |
| Robbery and Burglary | |
| Varieties of Larceny | |
| Dealing and Damage | |
| Interpersonal Violence | |
| Murder, Assault, Hate Crimes, and Rape | |
| Interpersonal Violence in the Family | |
| Interpersonal Violence in the Workplace | |
| White-Collar Crime | |
| Occupational Crime | |
| Corporate Crime | |
| Transnational Corporate | |
| Political Crime | |
| Political Crimes against the State | |
| Domestic Political Crimes by the State | |
| Transnational Political Crimes by the State | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Author Index | |
| Subject Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Piers Beirne is Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies in the Department of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine.
James W. Messerschmidt is Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies in the Department of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine.
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