Crime and deviance
By: Tony Lawson, Tim Heaton.
Contributors: Heaton, Tim, 1965-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230217829
Subjects: Crime -- Sociological aspects; Criminology; Deviant behavior
Description: "From surveillance to terrorism and green crime to state crime, this exciting new edition offers an updated survey of key areas in the sociology of crime and deviance. Analysis of recent studies and accessible theory is combined with a variety of activities to provide an invaluable introduction to this popular topic for all students of sociology"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introducing the Sociology of Crime and Deviance * Crime Statistics * Socio-Cultural Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Interactionist Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Conflict Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Realist Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Crime, Deviance and Ethnicity* Crime, Deviance and Gender * Criminal Justice and the Victims of Crime Introducing the Sociology of Crime and Deviance * Crime Statistics * Socio-Cultural Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Interactionist Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Conflict Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Realist Explanations of Crime and Deviance * Crime, Deviance and Ethnicity* Crime, Deviance and Gender * Criminal Justice and the Victims of Crime.