| Description |
xviii, 495 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Criminology, crime, and criminal law -- 2. Measuring crime and criminal behavior -- 3. The early schools of criminology and modern counterparts -- 4. Social structural theories -- 5. Social process theories -- 6. Critical theories : Marxist, conflict, and feminist -- 7. Psychosocial theories : individual traits and criminal behavior -- 8. Biosocial approaches -- 9. Developmental theories : from delinquency to crime to desistance -- 10. Altered minds and crime : alcohol, drugs, and mental illness -- 11. Crimes of violence -- 12. Serial, mass, and spree murder -- 13. Terrorism and terrorists -- 14. Property and public order crime -- 15. White-collar and organized crime -- 16. Victimology : exploring the experience of victimization |
| Summary |
"This unique text offers an interdisciplinary perspective on crime and criminality by integrating the latest theories, concepts, and research from sociology, psychology, and biology. Offering a more complete look at the world of criminology than any other existing text, authors Anthony Walsh and Lee Ellis first present criminological theory and concepts in their traditional form and then show how integrating theory and concepts from the more basic sciences can complement, expand, strengthen, and add coherence to them."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Crime & criminology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Criminology.
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Criminal behavior.
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Sociobiology.
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| Author |
Ellis, Lee, 1942-
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| LC no. |
2006022332 |
| ISBN |
1412938406 paperback |
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9781412938402 paperback |
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