Criminology
Subtitle: a Canadian perspective
By: [edited by] Rick Linden
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780176441906
Subjects: Criminology; Textbooks; Criminologie; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Crime and society. Crime, criminals, and criminology; title: The origins and role of law in society; title: Criminal law; title: Counting crime; title: Correlates of criminal behaviour; title: Feminism and criminology; title: Part II: Explanations of crime. Early theories of criminology; title: Psychological perspectives on criminology; title: Strain theories; title: Conflict theories; title: Contemporary critical criminology; title: Interactionist theories; title: Social control theory; title: Part III: Patterns of criminal behaviour. Conventional or "street" crime; title: Organized crime; title: Corporate and white-collar crime.