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Criminology / Freda Adler, Gerhard O. W. Mueller, William S. Laufer

By:

Adler, Freda [author]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw-Hill, [2007]Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxix, 405 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780073124469

Subject(s):

Criminology

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Contents:

Part 1. Understanding criminology

The changing boundaries of criminology

Counting crime and measuring criminal behavior

Schools of thought throughout history

Part 2. Explanations of crime and criminal behavior

Psychological and biological perspectives

Strain and cultural deviance theories

The formation of subcultures

Social control theory

Labeling, conflict, and radical theories

Environmental theory

Part 3. Types of crimes

Violent crimes

Crimes against property

White-collar and corporate crime

Public order crimes

International and comparative criminology

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Cubao Branch Reference Section	Circulation	C 364 Ad237c 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 2	Available	125178d
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Circulation	C 364 C929 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 1	Available	107250d

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.