Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context

ISBN-13: 9781138601789 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 566 str.

Stephen Eugene Brown; Esbensen Finn-Aage; Gilbert Geis

Opis

Criminology provides students of criminology and sociology with a thorough exposure to a range of theories about crime, contrasting their logic and assumptions, but also highlighting efforts to integrate and blend these frameworks.

Spis treści

Part I: Foundations for Criminology  1. Crime and Criminology  2. The Relativity of Law and Crime  3. Crime Statistics and the Distribution of Crime  Part II: Theories of Crime  4. Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories of Crime  5. Positivism and BioPsychoSocial Criminology 6. Social Structure Theories of Crime  7. Social Process Theories of Crime  8. Social Reaction Theories of Crime  9. New Directions: Integration and a Life-Course Perspective  Part III: Types of Crime  10. Violence  11. Economic Crime  12. Crimes without Victims and Victims without Crimes  13. Youth Violence