Understanding crime in Canada
Subtitle: an introduction to criminology
By: edited by Neil Boyd
Publisher: Emond Montgomery Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781552396056
Subjects: Criminology; Textbooks; Crime; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Approaching criminology. What is criminology?; title: The media: shaping our understanding of crime; title: Part two: Foundations of Canadian criminology. Criminal law in Canada; title: Measuring crime; title: Victims of crime; title: Part three: Theories of crime. Theories of crime: a brief introduction; title: Biological approaches; title: Psychological approaches; title: Understanding critical criminology; title: Gender and crime; title: Crime choice theory; title: Sociological approaches. Part four: Types of crime. Violent crime; title: Sexual offences and problematic sexual interests; title: Property crime; title: Crimes of morality; title: Organized crime and gangs; title: White-collar crime.