Description |
1 online resource (251 p.) |
Series |
Routledge Revivals Series |
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Routledge Revivals Series
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Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: General Introduction -- Background -- Reasons for Carrying Out the Study -- Part I -- 2: Some Definitions -- Theft, Robbery and the Law -- Mugging -- Definitions and the Present Study -- 3: The Attitudes of Society -- Public Conception of Robbery -- The Mass Media -- Sentencing Policy -- 4: Statistics in Theory and in Practice -- The 'Dark Figure' of Crime -- The Crime Statistics -- The Statistics Relating to Robbery and Mugging |
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5: A Study of Mugging in London During the 1970s -- Muggings Described -- Summary of Results -- Comparison with Other Studies -- Part II -- 6: Theories of Deviance -- Social Ecology -- Delinquency and Deprivation -- Problems of Definition -- Relative Deprivation in the London Borough of Lambeth -- 7: Race -- The Statistics -- Historical Background -- The West Indian in Britain -- Responses to Racial Tensions -- The Second Generation -- 8: Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Facts -- Causes -- Meaning -- Some Possible Solutions -- Appendices |
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Appendix 1: Sections Dealing with Robbery in the Principal Acts Concerned with Larceny and Related Offences -- Appendix 2: Robbery -- Appendix 3: Tables of Results -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781000992243 |
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1000992241 |
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