Crime and Criminology: An Introduction to Theory, Third Canadian Edition - Softcover

White, Rob; Eisler, Lauren; Haines, Fiona

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199024499 ISBN 13: 9780199024490

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Now in its third edition, this overview of criminological theory uses classical and contemporary theories to explain the nature and causes of crime. By relating paradigms to recent cases, Crime and Criminology remains a current and remarkably accessible Canadian introduction to criminological theory.

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About the Author

Lauren Eisler is an Associate Professor and the acting Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the Brantford campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. She previously taught in the Criminology Department, where she was also the Program Coordinator of the criminology program. Her PhD, which focused on crime and deviance, was completed at the University of Saskatchewan in 2004. Australian Authors: Rob White is a Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. He is also Director of both the Criminology Research Unit and a member of the Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Council. He is the former Director of Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies at the University of Tasmania. A well-respected criminologist, he has authored or co-authored numerous books with Oxford University Press, including Crime, Criminality, and Criminal Justice (2010), Youth and Society: Exploring the Social Dynamics of Youth Experience 2e (2008), Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia (2007), and Crime and Social Control 2e (2005). Fiona Haines is a Professor of Criminology in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Her PhD, completed at the University of Melbourne, won the 1996 Chancellor's Prize for excellence (Arts and Social Sciences). Her teaching and research interests include corporate and white collar crime, globalization, and the sociology of crime and deviance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199024499
• ISBN 13: 9780199024490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304