Canadian criminology today
Subtitle: theories and applications
By: Frank Schmalleger (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke), Rebecca Volk (Algonquin College)
Contributors: Volk, Rebecca, author
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780132935753
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Textbooks; Administration of Criminal justice; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Criminologie; Criminology
Description: "Canadian Criminology Today" offers a clear, contemporary, and comprehensive introduction to criminology that encourages students to think critically about the causes of crime and the outcomes of crime-prevention strategies. Throughout the text, Schmalleger and Volk use plentiful examples and current case studies to present the consequences of criminological theory for social policy and the practical issues associated with crime control. Special attention is paid to both Canadian issues and emerging forms of criminality worldwide to ensure students are well prepared for future careers in the Canadian criminal justice system. -- Amazon.ca.
Notes: Includes glossary.

Accompanied by student access code.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The crime picture; title: What is criminology?; title: Crime statistics; title: Patterns of crime; title: Victimology : the study of the victim; title: Part II: Crime causation; title: Classical and neoclassical thought; title: Biological roots of criminal behaviour; title: Psychological and psychiatric foundations of criminal behaviour; title: The meaning of crime : social structure perspective; title: The meaning of crime : social process perspective; title: The meaning of crime : social conflict perspective; title: Part III: Crime in the modern world and the response to it; title: Criminology and social policy; title: Future directions and emerging trends.