CANADIAN CRIMINOLOGY >CANADIAN

Name: CANADIAN CRIMINOLOGY >CANADIAN
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ISBN: 9780130427946

ISBN-10: 0130427942

ISBN-13: 9780130427946

Edition: 3rd 2003

Authors: HACKLER

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Appropriate for introductory criminology and criminology theory course taught at universities and colleges across Canada. Canadian Criminology: Strategies and Perspectives takes a critical ideological approach to the study of criminology. The major strengths of this text are its breadth of Canadian content and its inclusion of cross-cultural comparisons. The text incorporates both "empirical" and "radical" approaches to understanding and reducing crime. The third edition of Canadian Criminology: Strategies and Perspectives incorporates numerous changes, including updated statistics, a more in depth coverage of gender and radical criminology, as well as more material on restorative justice.…

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List price: $61.56
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: PEARSON
Publication date: 1/1/2002




The Criminological Enterprise



What Is Crime? What Is Deviance?



Explaining Crime: Contrasting Approaches



The Meaning of Crime Statistics



Explanations of Crime



Biological and Traditional Explanations of Crime



Psychological Perspectives



Group Dynamics, Collective Behaviour, and Criminogenic Circumstances



Social Interaction and Control Theory: Families, Friends, and Schools



Focusing on the Structure of the Society - The Consensus Tradition



Conflict Theories: Societal Responses to Crime



The Ecology of Crime: The Community and Spatial Relations



Settings and Dynamics That Influence Crime Patterns



Drug Crime: The Consequences of Hypocrisy



Victimology



Women's Issues and Their Relation to Crime



The Criminalization of Sex



Sources of Violent Crime



Property Crimes: Greed or Thrills?



Crime Arising Out of the Abuse of Power



Community and Justice System Responses to Crime



Corporate Crime and White Collar Crime



Organized Crime and Gangs



Criminogenic Conditions: Implications for Crime Reduction