Defining Crime [electronic resource] : A Critique of the Concept and Its Implication /
Lynch, M.author.
Stretesky, P.author.
Long, M.author.
Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity.
Social sciences.
Juvenile delinquents.
Criminology.
Criminal law.
Sociology.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Sociology, general.