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E-book
Author Lanier, Mark.

Title Essential Criminology
Edition 3rd ed
Published New York : Westview Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (506 pages)
Contents Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 What Is Criminology?; 2 What Is Crime?; 3 Classical, Neoclassical, and Rational Choice Theories; 4 "Born to Be Bad"; 5 Criminal Minds; 6 Learning Criminal Behavior; 7 Failed Socialization; 8 Crimes of Place; 9 The Sick Society; 10 Capitalism as a Criminogenic Society; 11 Patriarchy, Gender, and Crime; 12 New Directions in Criminological Theory; References; Index
Summary This bestselling core text for crime and criminology courses has been fully revised and updated to address cutting-edge theory and fundamental world changes that are altering the way we think about crime
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-473) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Criminology.
Criminology
criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Criminology
Form Electronic book
Author Henry, Stuart, 1949-
LC no. 2009019214
ISBN 9780813391595
0813391598