Criminological theory
Subtitle: context and consequences
By: by J. Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen, Richard A. Ball.
Contributors: Cullen, Francis T.; Ball, Richard A., 1936-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Criminology.; Crime -- United States.; Criminal behavior -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: The context and consequences of theory; value: The search for the criminal man; value: Rejecting individualism: the social roots of crime; value: Society as insulation: control theory; value: The irony of state intervention: labeling theory; value: Social power and the construction of crime: conflict theory; value: New directions in critical theory; value: Conservative criminology: revitalizing individualistic theory; value: Mainstream criminology revisited: routine activity, integrated, and life-course theories.