Essential criminology: 3rd. ed

by Lanier, Mark

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Title Statements

Full title :Essential criminology: 3rd. ed. / Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:c2010.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Westview Press
Place of Publication:Boulder, CO
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 488 p. : : ill. ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780813344164, 0813344166
oclc:on1200787635
LC Classification:HV6025

What is criminology? : the study of crime, criminals, and victims in a global context -- What is crime? : defining the problem -- Classical, neoclassical, and rational choice theories -- "Born to be bad" : biological, physiological, and biosocial theories of crime -- Criminal minds : psychiatric and psychological explanations for crime -- Learning criminal behavior : social process theories -- Failed socialization : control theory, social bonds, and labeling -- Crimes of place : social ecology and cultural theories of crime -- The sick society : anomie, strain, and subcultural theory -- Capitalism as a criminogenic society : conflict and radical theories of crime -- Patriarchy, gender, and crime : feminist criminological theory -- New directions in criminological theory.