Essential criminology
By: Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry.
Contributors: Henry, Stuart, 1949-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780813344164
Subjects: Criminology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is criminology? the study of crime, criminals, and victims in a global context; title: What is crime? defining the problem; title: Classical, neoclassical, and rational choice theories; title: "Born to be bad" : biological, physiological, and biosocial theories of crime; title: Criminal minds : psychiatric and psychological explanations for crime; title: Learning criminal behavior : social process theories; title: Failed socialization : control theory, social bonds, and labeling; title: Crimes of place : social ecology and cultural theories of crime; title: The sick society : anomie, strain, and subcultural theory; title: Capitalism as a criminogenic society : conflict and radical theories of crime; title: Patriarchy, gender, and crime : feminist criminological theory; title: New directions in criminological theory.