Crime and Criminal Justice

ISBN-13: 9780415581516 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 536 str.

Ian Marsh; Gaynor Melville; John Cochrane

Opis

This work provides students with a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the study of criminology by taking an interdisciplinary approach to explaining criminal behaviour and criminal justice. It is divided into two parts, which address the two essential bases that form the discipline of criminology.

Spis treści

Part 1: Exploring and Explaining Crime  1. Introduction – Crime: The Historical Context  2. Biological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour  3. Psychological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour  4. Sociological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour  5. Explaining the Criminal Behaviour of Women  6. Explaining the Criminal Behaviour of Ethnic Minorities  Part 2: Exploring and Explaining Criminal Justice   7. Why Punish? Philosophies of Punishment  8. Theories of Punishment  9. The History of Crime and Justice  10. Victimology  11. Police and Policing  12. The Courts, Sentencing and the Judiciary  13. Prisons and Imprisonment