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International Handbook of Criminology

ISBN: 9781420085518 | 1420085514
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: CRC Press
Pub. Date: 2/23/2010

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SummaryTable of Contents
The second handbook in the Shoham trilogy, which includes the esteemed International Handbook of Penology and Criminal Justiceand the upcoming International Handbook of Victimology, this volume is a comprehensive treatment of criminology theory. This text contains contributions from 25 of the top international scholars in the field across a wide range of disciplines. Topics include social deviance, research methods, biological and physiological explanations, personality types, and family socialization processes. The book also explores ecologica... MORE
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Prefacep. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Editorsp. xiii
Contributorsp. xv
Introductionp. xvii
Theoretical and Historical Framework
Crime Sciencep. 3
Born for Evil? Biological Theories of Crime in Historical Perspectivep. 23
Life Course Criminologyp. 51
Making Sense of Criminal Justicep. 95
Methods of Inquiry
The Politics of Numbers: Crime Statistics as a Source of Knowledge and a Tool of Governancep. 117
The Subculture Concept: A Genealogyp. 153
Anthropologies of Domestic Violence: Studying Crime in Situp. 185
Methodological Issues in the Comparison of Police-Recorded Crime Ratesp. 211
Crime and Criminality
Transnational Environmental Harm and Eco-Global Criminologyp. 231
Perpetrators and Victims of Sex Crimesp. 259
Financial Crimes in Comparative Contextp. 309
Studying Criminality and Criminal Offenders in the Early Twentieth-Century Philippinesp. 343
Response to Crime
Affluence, Disadvantage, and Fear of Crimep. 377
Closed-Circuit Television: A Review of Its Developments and Its Implications for Privacyp. 395
Crime and Social Policyp. 425
Truth, Reality, Justice, and the Crime Genre: Implications for Criminological Inquiry and Pedagogyp. 455
The Police Response to Crimep. 483
The European Experience of Crime Preventionp. 511
Crime, Victims, and Social Divisions
Class, Inequality, and the Etiology of Crimep. 541
Youth Gangs in a Global Contextp. 567
Victim Participation in the Criminal Justice Process: Normative Dilemmas and Practical Responsesp. 599
Spatial Analysis of Street Crimesp. 619
Understanding Repeat Victimization: A Longitudinal Studyp. 649
Conclusionsp. 681
Indexp. 687
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