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Now in its sixth edition, Criminology provides students with a comprehensive yet succinct introduction to leading criminological theories. Drawing on a wide range of research in order to consider both sociological and psychological explanations of criminal behavior, Jones poses the important questions, inviting students to critically engage with the subject.

Thoroughly referenced and written in a clear and accessible style, Criminology provides students with a firm foundation in criminological theory.

Stephen Jones is Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Bristol.

Introduction--Criminology: Its Origins and Research Methods
Part I. Crime and Crime Control: Alternative Discourses
1. Crime: Definitions and Conflicting Images
2. The Statistics on Crime and Their Meaning
3. The Media and "Law and Order"
Part II. Sociological Explanations of Crime
4. The Classical and Positivist Rraditions
5. Crime and the Environment
6. Poverty, Anomie, and Strain
7. Subcultural Theories
8. Interactionism and Phenomenology
9. Conflict, Marxist, and Radical Theories of Crime
10. Realist Criminology and Victims
11. Theories of Control
12. Gender and Crime
PART III. Biological and Psychological Aspects of Crime
13. Biological Factors and Crime
14. Intelligence, Mental Disorder, and Crime
15. Personality Theories
16. Violent, Aggressive. and Sexual Offenses

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Criminology

Criminology

0198768966

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