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Criminology Today An Integrative Introduction - Update

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ISBN-10: 0131777106

ISBN-13: 9780131777101

Edition: 3rd 2004

Authors: Frank M. Schmalleger

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List price: $111.60
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/11/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

The Crime Picture
What Is Criminology? What Is Crime? Crime and Deviance
What Should Be Criminal? What Do Criminologists Do? What Is Criminology? Criminology and Social Policy
The Theme of This Book
The Social Context of Crime
The Primacy of Sociology?
Patterns of Crime
A History of Crime Statistics
Crime Statistics Today
Patterns of Change
The Crime Problem
Major Crimes
Offenses
Other Sources of Data
Unreported Crime
The Social Dimensions of Crime
The Costs of Crime
Research Methods and Theory Development
The Science of Criminology
Theory Building
The Role of Research
Quantitative Versus Qualitative Methods
Values and Ethics in the Conduct of Research
Social Policy and Criminology Research
Writing the Research Report
Crime Causation
Classical and Neo-Classical Thought
Major Principles of the Classical School
Forerunners of Classical Thought
The Classical School
Neoclassical Criminology
Punishment and Neoclassical Thought
Policy Implementations of the Classical School
A Critique of Classical Theories
Biological Roots of Criminal Behavior
Major Principles of Biological Theories
Biological Roots of Human Aggression
Genetics and Crime
Crime and Human Nature: A Contemporary Synthesis
Policy Issues
Critiques of Biological Theories
Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior
Major Principles of Psychological Theories
Early Psychological Theories
Criminal Behaviors as Maladaptation
Crime as Adaptive Behavior
Modeling Theory
Behavior Theory
Attachment Theory
Self-Control Theory
Insanity and the Law
Social Policy and Forensic Psychology
Criminal Psychological Profiling
Sociological Theories I: Social Structure
Major Principles of Sociological Theories
Social Structure Theories Defined
Types of Social Structure Theories
Policy Implications of Social Structure Theories
Critique of Social Structure Theories
Sociological Theories II: Social Process and Social Development
The Social Process Perspective
Types of Social Process Approaches
Policy Implications of Social Process Theories
Critique of Social Process Theories
The Social Development Perspective
Concepts in Social Development Theories
Policy Implications of Social Development Theories
Critique of Social Development Theories
Sociological Theories III: Social Conflict
Law and Social Order Perspectives
Radical-Critical Criminology
Emerging Conflict Theories
Policy Implications
Crime in the Modern World
Crimes Against Persons
Violent Crime Typologies
Homicide
Rape
Robbery
Assault
Stalking
Terrorism
Crimes Against Property
Persistent and Professional Thieves
Larceny Theft
Burglary
Stolen Property
Arson
White-Collar and Organized Crime
White-Collar Crime
Organized Crime
Policy Issues: The Control of Organized Crime
Drug Abuse and Crime
History of Drug Abuse in the United States
Types of Illegal Drugs
Drug Trafficking
Drugs and Crime
Social Policy and Drug Abuse
Technology and Crime
The Advance of Technology
High Technology and Criminal Opportunity
A Profile of Computer Criminals
The Information Superhighway and Data Security
Technology in the Fight against Crime
Combating Computer Crime
Policy Issues: Personal Freedoms in the Information Age
What the Future Holds
Responding to Criminal Behavior
Criminology and Social Policy
Federal Anticrime Initiatives
Crime Control Philosophies Today
Criminology and Social Policy
The Victim''s Movement
Can We Solve the Problem of Crime?
Future Directions
Future Crimes
The New Criminologies
Policies of the Future
Glossary
Subject Index
Name Index