num_pages: 512
description: Across America, crime is a consistent public concern. Theory, Research, and Policy, Second Edition provides comprehensive coverage of the leading criminological theories using sociology, psychology, biology, and ecology to explain how and why crime occurs. The text combines classical criminology with timely topics including substance abuse, gang violence, Internet crimes, and terrorism. Using a social sciences approach, the authors discuss how criminology influences public policy throughout the text.
language: English
title: Criminology: Theory, Research And Policy Second Edition
titlecomplete: Criminology: Theory, Research And Policy Second Edition
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers