num_pages: 416
description: The Fourth Edition of this highly successful text moves readers beyond often-mistaken common-sense understandings of crime by providing a rich introduction to how major scholars analyze crime. Criminological Context and Consequences, Fourth Edition shows the real-world relevance of theory by illuminating how ideas about crime play a prominent role in shaping crime-control policies and compelling students to apply theories to the contemporary milieu.
language: English
title: Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences
titlecomplete: Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences
genres: Nonfiction, Textbooks
ratings_count: 138
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc