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9780813331379

Essential Criminology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813331379

  • ISBN10:

    0813331374

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-12-04
  • Publisher: Westview Pr
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Summary

The updated edition builds on the authors' acclaimed theory of the "Crime Prism"

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
What Is Criminology? The Study of Crime, Criminals, and Victimsp. 1
Defining Crimep. 13
Measuring Crime: How Criminologists Obtain Data on the Extent of Crimep. 36
Classical, Neoclassical, and Rational Choice Theoriesp. 63
"Born to Be Bad": Biological, Physiological, and Biosocial Theories of Crimep. 91
Criminal Minds: Psychiatric and Psychological Explanations for Crimep. 112
Learning Criminal Behavior: Social Process Theoriesp. 134
Failed Socialization: Control Theory, Social Bonds, and Labelingp. 157
Crimes of Place: Social Ecology and Cultural Theories of Crimep. 182
The Sick Society: Anomie, Strain, and Subcultural Theoryp. 208
Capitalism as a Criminogenic Society: Conflict and Radical Theories of Crimep. 235
Critical Criminologies for the Twenty-First Centuryp. 264
Referencesp. 299
Indexp. 345
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