An introduction to criminological theory
By: Roger Hopkins Burke
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Willan Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cullompton, UK; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781843925699; 9781843924074
Subjects: Textbooks; Criminologie; Criminology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-393) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : crime and modernity; title: Classical criminology; title: Populist conservative criminology; title: Contemporary rational actor theories; title: Biological positivism; title: Psychological positivism; title: Sociological positivism; title: Women and positivism; title: Labelling theories; title: Conflict and radical theories; title: The gendered criminal; title: Critical criminology; title: Socio-biological theories; title: Environmental theories; title: Social control theories; title: Left realism; title: Crime and the postmodern condition; title: Cultural criminology and the schizophrenia of crime; title: Crime, globalisation and the risk society; title: Conclusions : radical moral communitarian criminology.