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Textbook on criminology /

Williams, Katherine S.

Textbook on criminology / Katherine S Williams. - 7th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. - xv, 660 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

What is criminological theory? --
Definitions, terminology and the criminal process --
Public conceptions and misconceptions of crime --
The extent of crime: a comparison of official and unofficial calculations --
Victims, survivors and victimology --
Influences of physical factors and genetics on criminality --
Influences of biochemical factors and of the central and autonomic nervous systems on criminality --
Psychological theories of criminality --
Mental disorder (psychopathology) and criminality --
Intelligence and learning --
The sociology of criminality --
Anomie, strain and juvenile subculture --
Control theories --
Labelling, phenomenology and ethnomethodology --
Critical criminology: conflict, radical and cultural criminologies --
Criminology and realism --
Positivist explanations of female criminality --
Feminist theories --
Terrorism and state violence --
Governance, risk and globalisation theories. TOC

Textbook on Criminology provides a comprehensive consideration of the theoretical, practical, and political aspects of crime and criminology. The clarity of approach makes it an ideal text for Read more...



9780199592708 0199592705

2012931981


Criminology--England.
Criminology--Wales.

HV6025 / .W485 2012

364.942 / WIT 2012