Toward a Unified Criminology Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and Society

Name: Toward a Unified Criminology Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and Society
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ISBN: 9780814705094

ISBN-10: 081470509X

ISBN-13: 9780814705094

Edition: 2011

Authors: Robert Agnew

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"Why do people commit crimes? How do we control crime? The theories that criminologists use to answer these questions are built on a number of underlying assumptions, including those about the nature of crime, free will, human nature, and society. These assumptions have a fundamental impact on criminology: they largely determine what criminologists study, the causes they examine, the control strategies they recommend, and how they test their theories and evaluate crime-control strategies. In Toward a Unified Criminology, noted criminologist Robert Agnew provides a critical examination of these assumptions, drawing on a range of research and perspectives to argue that these assumptions are…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Robert Agnew is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology at Emory University and President Elect of the American Society of Criminology. He is also the author of many books, including Criminological Theory: Past to Present; Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Stain Theory; and Why Do Criminals Offend? A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency.



Preface



A Divided Criminology



The Scope of the Discipline: What Is Crime?



Determinism versus Agency: Is Crime the Result of Forces beyond the Individual's Control or Free Choice?



The Nature of Human Nature: Are People Self-Interested, Socially Concerned, or Blank Slates?



The Nature of Society: Is Society Characterized by Consensus or Conflict?



The Nature of Reality: Is There an Objective Reality That Can Be Accurately Measured?



A Unified Criminology


Notes


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index


About the Author