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Criminology / Stephen Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxxv, 544 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0199282382 (pbk.)
  • 9780199282388 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364
LOC classification:
  • HV 6025 J79c 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
The development of crime and crime control as social phenomena: the role of the police -- Crime: definitions and conflicting images -- The statistics on crime and their meaning -- The media and 'law and order' -- The classical and positivist traditions -- Crime and the environment -- Poverty, anomie and strain -- Subcultural theories -- Interactionism and phenomenology -- Conflict, Marxist and radical theories of crime -- Realist criminology -- Theories of control -- Gender and crime -- Biological factors and crime -- Intelligence, mental disorder and crime -- Personality theories -- Violent, aggressive and sexual offences.
Summary: "Criminology provides a discussion of the distribution and causation of crime. Throughout the text, the author draws on a wide range of research in order to consider both sociological and psychological explanations of criminal behaviour aiming to ask the right questions rather than provide a definitive set of answers." "This third edition has been fully updated and is designed for undergraduates studying criminology, criminological theory, and the sociology of deviance. Its detailed analysis and sources of further readings will also be of interest to postgraduate students."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 6025 J79c 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000103114

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The development of crime and crime control as social phenomena: the role of the police -- Crime: definitions and conflicting images -- The statistics on crime and their meaning -- The media and 'law and order' -- The classical and positivist traditions -- Crime and the environment -- Poverty, anomie and strain -- Subcultural theories -- Interactionism and phenomenology -- Conflict, Marxist and radical theories of crime -- Realist criminology -- Theories of control -- Gender and crime -- Biological factors and crime -- Intelligence, mental disorder and crime -- Personality theories -- Violent, aggressive and sexual offences.

"Criminology provides a discussion of the distribution and causation of crime. Throughout the text, the author draws on a wide range of research in order to consider both sociological and psychological explanations of criminal behaviour aiming to ask the right questions rather than provide a definitive set of answers." "This third edition has been fully updated and is designed for undergraduates studying criminology, criminological theory, and the sociology of deviance. Its detailed analysis and sources of further readings will also be of interest to postgraduate students."--BOOK JACKET.

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