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Essential criminology / Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry.

By: By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, CO :: Westview Press,, c2010Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 488 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780813344164 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813344166 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364 LAN 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6025 .L25 2010
Other classification:
  • 71.65
Contents:
What is criminology? : the study of crime, criminals, and victims in a global context -- What is crime? : defining the problem -- Classical, neoclassical, and rational choice theories -- "Born to be bad" : biological, physiological, and biosocial theories of crime -- Criminal minds : psychiatric and psychological explanations for crime -- Learning criminal behavior : social process theories -- Failed socialization : control theory, social bonds, and labeling -- Crimes of place : social ecology and cultural theories of crime -- The sick society : anomie, strain, and subcultural theory -- Capitalism as a criminogenic society : conflict and radical theories of crime -- Patriarchy, gender, and crime : feminist criminological theory -- New directions in criminological theory.
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Donated Book Donated Book Alliance School of Law Gratis 364 LAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available LD00136
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is criminology? : the study of crime, criminals, and victims in a global context -- What is crime? : defining the problem -- Classical, neoclassical, and rational choice theories -- "Born to be bad" : biological, physiological, and biosocial theories of crime -- Criminal minds : psychiatric and psychological explanations for crime -- Learning criminal behavior : social process theories -- Failed socialization : control theory, social bonds, and labeling -- Crimes of place : social ecology and cultural theories of crime -- The sick society : anomie, strain, and subcultural theory -- Capitalism as a criminogenic society : conflict and radical theories of crime -- Patriarchy, gender, and crime : feminist criminological theory -- New directions in criminological theory.

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