Essential criminology /
Lanier, Mark.
Credo Reference (Firm),distributor.
Anastasia, Desire? J. M.
Henry, Stuart,1949-
Designed as an alternative to overly comprehensive, lengthy, and expensive introductory texts, Essential Criminology is, as its title implies, a concise overview of the field. The book guides students through the various definitions of crime and the different ways crime is measured.
Description based upon print version of record.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references.
List of tables and figures -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1 What is criminology? The study of crime, criminals, and victims in a global context -- 2 What Is crime? Defining the problem -- 3 Classical, neoclassical, and rational-choice theories -- 4 "Born to Be Bad" biological, physiological, and biosocial theories of crime -- 5 Criminal minds: psychiatric and psychological explanations for crime -- 6 Learning criminal behavior: social process theories -- 7 Failed socialization: control theory, social bonds, and labeling -- 8 Crimes of place: social ecology and cultural theories of crime -- 9 The sick society: anomie, strain, and subcultural theory -- 10 Capitalism as a criminogenic society: conflict and radical theories of crime -- 11 Patriarchy, gender and crime: feminist criminological theory -- 12 New directions in critical criminological theory -- 13 conclusion: toward a unified criminology.
Designed as an alternative to overly comprehensive, lengthy, and expensive introductory texts, Essential Criminology is, as its title implies, a concise overview of the field. The book guides students through the various definitions of crime and the different ways crime is measured.
Description based on title page of print version.
Criminology.


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