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.
Designed as an alternative to overly comprehensive, lengthy, and expensive introductory texts, Essential Criminology is, as its title implies, a concise overview of the field. The book guides students through the variousdefinitions of crime and the different ways crime is measur…
This bestselling crimninology text offers a concise introduction to the nature and extent of crime while surveying core perspectives on crimecausation and their policy implications with a sociological context.
In the fourth edition of Essential Criminology, authors Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry, and Desire J.M. Anastasia build upon this best-selling critical review of criminology, which has become essential reading for students of criminology in the 21st century. Designed as an alterna…
<Div>This bestselling crimninology text offers a concise introduction to the nature and extent of crime while surveying core perspectives on crime causation and their policy implications with a sociological context.</div>