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ISBN: 9780133024340 | 0133024342

Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 7/9/2012

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Summary Table of Contents

Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 6eis a clear, contemporary and comprehensive introduction to the study of criminology. Offering a thematic approach that contrasts the social responsibility and social problems approaches to crime theory, the book encourages students to think critically about the causes of crime. Completely up-to-date, this edition includes new Professor Speaksexcepts, links to cutting-edge articles, and MyCrimeKitactivities that encourage students explore how security and freedom interface in an age of increasing globalism.

PART ONE: THE CRIME PICTURE

1. What is Criminology?

2. Where Do Theories Come From?

PART TWO: CRIME CAUSATION

3. Classical and Neoclassical Thought

4. Biological Roots of Criminal Behavior

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6. Social Structure Theories

7. Theories of Social Process and Social Development

8. Social Conflict Theories

PART THREE: CRIME IN THE MODERN WORLD

9. Crimes Against Persons