| Description |
1 online resource (18 entries) : 10 images |
| Contents |
List of tables and figures -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1 What is criminology? The study of crime, criminals, and victims in a global context -- 2 What Is crime? Defining the problem -- 3 Classical, neoclassical, and rational-choice theories -- 4 "Born to Be Bad" biological, physiological, and biosocial theories of crime -- 5 Criminal minds: psychiatric and psychological explanations for crime -- 6 Learning criminal behavior: social process theories -- 7 Failed socialization: control theory, social bonds, and labeling -- 8 Crimes of place: social ecology and cultural theories of crime -- 9 The sick society: anomie, strain, and subcultural theory -- 10 Capitalism as a criminogenic society: conflict and radical theories of crime -- 11 Patriarchy, gender and crime: feminist criminological theory -- 12 New directions in critical criminological theory -- 13 conclusion: toward a unified criminology |
| Summary |
Designed as an alternative to overly comprehensive, lengthy, and expensive introductory texts, Essential Criminology is, as its title implies, a concise overview of the field. The book guides students through the various definitions of crime and the different ways crime is measured |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title page of print version |
| Subject |
Criminology.
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Criminology
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criminology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Criminology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Henry, Stuart, 1949- author.
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Anastasia, Desiré J. M., author
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| ISBN |
9781785391552 |
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1785391550 |
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9780813348865 |
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0813348862 |
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