Canadian criminology today
Subtitle: theories and applications
By: Frank Schmalleger, Rebecca Volk
Contributors: Volk, Rebecca
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall; Pearson Education Canada
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780132050289
Subjects: Textbooks; Manuels d'enseignement superieur; Criminologie; Criminology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. The crime picture; title: 1. What is criminology?; title: 2. Crime statistics; title: 3. Patterns of crime; title: 4. Victimology : the study of the victim; title: pt. II. Crime causation; title: 5. The classical thinkers; title: 6. Biological roots of criminal behaviour; title: 7. Psychological and psychiatric foundations of criminal behaviour; title: 8. The meaning of crime : social structure perspective; title: 9. The meaning of crime : social process perspective; title: 10. The meaning of crime : social conflict perspective; title: pt. III. Crime in the modern world and the response to it; title: 11. Criminology and social policy; title: 12. Future directions and emerging trends.