| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (18 entries) : 10 images ; digital files. |
|
text rdacontent |
|
still image rdacontent |
|
electronic isbdmedia |
|
online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Criminology.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Henry, Stuart, 1949- author.
|
|
Anastasia, Desire J. M., author.
|
|
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0813348854 9780813348858 (DLC) 2014035659 xiv, 416 pages |
| ISBN |
9780813348858 pbk. : alk. paper |
|
9781785391552 electronic version |
|
9780813348865 e-book : alk. paper |
|
