Crime and Criminology - Hardcover
Known for its engaging and accessible writing style, this probing text covers the traditional areas of criminology, but also addresses questions of popular concern and policy debate, using systematic evidence to explore such topics as deterrence and incapacitation; race and social class; the rights of the accused; and domestic violence. Challenging readers to think about even the most obvious and commonsense ideas in terms of the evidence that might support or contradict it, the text delves even deeper, encouraging them to see the connection between abstract theoretical propositions and the reality they see everyday in their own lives and in the media. Using a highly perceptive, lively, and absorbing writing style to make serious ideas and evidence easily understandable to a wide range of readers, the book integrates interesting boxes throughout to bring experientially distant ideas closer and make concepts more relevant: "On Campus Boxes" highlight crime and other topical issues as they relate to campus life, and "Crime in the News Boxes" take items from newspapers to illustrate ideas and provide models for discussing current cases and issues. Reviewer Richard Wright from the University of Scranton says the text "...offers insightful typologies of crime—presenting a superb comparison of the interactionist; a cultural and structural explanation of homicide; a first rate discussion of felony murder; and exemplary sections on bookmaking and loansharks." Features new to this edition include an increased number of graphs and tables to help readers get a better grasp of quantitative data; chapter key terms, chapter outlines and a thorough end-of-book glossary for better understanding; and lucid discussions on Hirschi and Gottfredson's self-control theory, community policing, and date rape. For sociologist and criminologists.
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Known for its engaging and accessible writing style, this probing text covers the traditional areas of criminology, but also addresses questions of popular concern and policy debate.
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- PublisherPearson College Div
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0131927825
- ISBN 13 9780131927827
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages608
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Crime & Criminology published by Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG. Used Textbook. Slight wear at corners. Some text highlighted in yellow, some in green. 608 Pgs. ISBN 0131927825. LCCN 91-27015. By Jay Livingston, Montclair State College. Textbook. Contents include: The Crime Problem; The Numbers Game - Counting Crime; Who Commits Crime?; Violent Crimes; Property Crime; Organized Crime; White-Collar Crime; Theories of Crime - Biological, Psychological and Sociological; and The Criminal Justice System - Police, Courts and Rights, Rehabilitation, Deterrence and Incapacitation. Includes Name and Subject indexes. Description text copyright 2002 BooksForComfort. Item ID 6040. book. Seller Inventory # 6040
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