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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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): Genre/Form:
DDC classification:
  • 364
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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Book Book Cubao Branch Reference Section Circulation C 364 Ad237c 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 2 Available 125178d
Book Book Main Library Reference Section Circulation C 364 C929 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 1 Available 107250d

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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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