Title:
Criminology : theory, research, and policy / Gennaro F Vito, Jeffrey R. Maahs.
Author:
Vito, Gennaro F.
Maahs, Jeffrey R.
Publication Information:
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2012.
Call Number:
HV6025 .V57 2012
Abstract:
Criminology: Theory, research and policy, third edition, uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine and explain how and why crime occurs. Comprehensive coverage of a variety of crimes and leading criminological theories is provided and supported by new, relevant case studies.
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9780763766658
Physical Description:
xiii, 444 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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Contents:
Crime and criminology -- The incidence of crime -- Neoclassical criminology -- Biology and crime -- Psychology and crime -- Social structure and crime -- Social process and crime -- Social conflict and crime -- Developmental criminology -- Crimes of violence -- Property and public order crimes -- Cybercrime -- Terrorism -- Drugs and crime -- Crimes of the powerful : organized and white-collar crime.
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