Criminology / Freda Adler, Gerhard O.W. Mueller, William S. Laufer.

By: Adler, Freda
Contributor(s): Mueller, Gerhard O. W | Laufer, William S
Publisher: New York : McGraw Hill, c1995Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 566 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmISBN: 0070004714 (alk. paper)Subject(s): CriminologyDDC classification: 364 LOC classification: HV6025 | .A35 1995
Contents:
Part 1 Understanding criminology: an overview of criminology; measuring crime and criminal behaviour patterns; schools of thought throughout history. Part 2 Explanation of criminal behaviour: psychological and biological perspectives; strain and cultural deviance theories; the formation of subcultures; social control theory; alternative explanations of crime - labelling, conflict and radical theories; the concept of crime; violent crimes; crimes against property; organizational criminality; drug-, alcohol-, and sex-related crime; comparative criminology. Part 3 A criminological approach to the criminal justice system: processes and decisions; enforcing the law - practice and research; the nature and function; a research focus on corrections.
Summary: This introductory text on criminology covers topics such as the nature and extent of crime, the foundations of the discipline, the explanations of criminal behaviour, ethnic gangs, victimology and society's response to crime.
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Part 1 Understanding criminology: an overview of criminology; measuring crime and criminal behaviour patterns; schools of thought throughout history. Part 2 Explanation of criminal behaviour: psychological and biological perspectives; strain and cultural deviance theories; the formation of subcultures; social control theory; alternative explanations of crime - labelling, conflict and radical theories; the concept of crime; violent crimes; crimes against property; organizational criminality; drug-, alcohol-, and sex-related crime; comparative criminology. Part 3 A criminological approach to the criminal justice system: processes and decisions; enforcing the law - practice and research; the nature and function; a research focus on corrections.

This introductory text on criminology covers topics such as the nature and extent of crime, the foundations of the discipline, the explanations of criminal behaviour, ethnic gangs, victimology and society's response to crime.

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