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Criminology
The Essentials
Fourth Edition
- Anthony Walsh - Boise State University, USA
- Cody Jorgensen - Boise State University, USA, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
Other Titles in:
Criminology (General)
Criminology (General)
January 2020 | 392 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Anthony Walsh and Cody Jorgensen’s Criminology: The Essentials introduces students to major theoretical perspectives and topics in a concise, easy-to-read format. This straightforward overview of key subject areas in criminology thoroughly covers the most up-to-date advances in theory and research while challenging students to consider the applications of these theories and their policy implications. The Fourth Edition includes new topics, events, and developments in criminology.
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Preface
1. An Overview of Crime and Criminology
2. Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior
3. Victimology: Exploring the Experience of Victimization
4. The Early Schools of Criminology
5. Crime as Choice: Rationality, Emotion, and Criminal Behavior
6. Social Structural Theories
7. Social Process Theories
8. Critical and Feminist Theories
9. Psychosocial Theories: Individual Traits and Criminal Behavior
10. Biosocial Approaches
11. Developmental Theories: From Delinquency to Crime to Desistance
12. Crimes of Violence
13. Terrorism
14. Property Crime
15. Public Order Crime
16. White-Collar Crime
17. Organized Crime
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
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"A comprehensive, current, and readable essentials of criminology text that finally gives biosocial criminology its rightful place among the competitive essentials of criminology market."
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
"The authors have done a solid job of presenting the pertinent contents of the subject in a clear and concise manner."
National University
“I would describe this book as a balanced approach to all theories of crime and delinquency. It is well written and is very clear in its description of theories and the research bearing on the theories. I think students would enjoy it and find the detailed analysis and overview of the theories easy to follow and engaging.”
Florida State University
"This text is well written and provides everything an instructor needs to more than adequately teach criminology at the undergraduate level in a junior college or four-year university."
University of Texas at Tyler
"A concise, clear, and straightforward text that covers the major areas of criminological theory in an accessible way."
Shawnee State University
Sample Materials & Chapters
"Chapter 1: An Overview of Crime and Criminology"
Chapter 2: Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior