The Origins of Criminology
Subtitle: A Reader
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge Cavendish; Routledge
Published: March 31, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780415451116
Subjects: Criminology; Social Science / Criminology; Social Science; Sociology
Description: Criminology is a field of study which purports to bring scientific knowledge to the world of crime and criminals. The book brings together a collection of 19th-century texts from key originators of the practice of criminology - selected, introduced, and with commentaries by the leading scholar in this area, Nicole Rafter.