| Description |
xxvii, 716 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Series |
ERA Collection
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| Contents |
Pt. 1: Understanding crime -- 1. What is crime and who is the criminal? -- 2. The distribution of crime over populations, space and time -- 3. Crime and the media -- 4. Individual explanations for crime -- 5. Social explanations for crime -- 6. Youth and crime -- 7. Crime in the streets -- 8. Crime and the home -- 9. White-collar and corporate crime -- 10. Environmental crime -- 11. State crime -- 12. Cyber crime -- 13. Crimes across borders -- 14. International crimes -- 15. Inequalities of crime -- 16. Extending explanations of crime --Pt. 2: understanding criminal justice -- 17. Aims of the criminal justice system -- 18. Policing and law enforcement -- 19. The criminal process -- 20. Innovative justice processes -- 21. Imprisonment and detention -- 22. Community-based corrections -- 23. Crime prevention and reduction -- 24. Victims and criminal justice -- 25. Experts, lay people and forensics -- 26. Transnational policing -- 27. Failures of justice -- 28. Criminal justice and human rights -- 29. National and international research resources |
| Summary |
" Covers a wide range of topics including: different forms of crimes - from street crime to state crime and international crimes; who commits crimes and who are the victims of crimes; and how society responds to crime. This book offers a balance between critical and administrative criminological traditions to add to the discourse of crime and justice in the twenty-first century."--Publisher |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Crime |
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Criminal justice |
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Criminology |
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Statistics |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Sydney : Lawbook Co., c2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Commercial crimes -- Australia.
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Crime in mass media -- Australia.
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Crime -- Public opinion.
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Crime.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Textbooks.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.
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Criminals -- Australia.
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Criminology -- Australia -- Textbooks.
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Criminology -- Australia.
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Juvenile delinquency -- Australia.
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Youth -- Australia -- Social conditions
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
De Lint, Willem, 1959- editor of compilation
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Marmo, Marinella, editor of compilation
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Palmer, Darren, editor of compilation
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| ISBN |
0455228604 (paperback) |
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9780455228600 (paperback) |
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