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100 1 _aJones, Stephen
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245 1 _aCriminology /
_cStephen, Jones
250 _a5th. ed.
260 _aOxford:
_bOxford Unversity Press,
_cc2013
300 _axvii, 457 p. :
_c25 cm.
505 _aIntroduction-Criminology: its origins and research methods ; PART I: CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL: ALTERNATIVE DISCOURSES ; 1. Crime: definitions and conflicting images ; 2. The statistics on crime and their meaning ; 3. The media and 'law and order' ; PART II: SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME ; 4. The classical and positivist traditions ; 5. Crime and the environment ; 6. Poverty, anomie and strain ; 7. Subcultural theories ; 8. Interactionism and phenomenology ; 9. Conflict, Marxist and radical theories of crime ; 10. Realist criminology and victims ; 11. Theories of control ; 12. Gender and crime ; PART III: BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CRIME ; 13. Biological factors of crime ; 14. Intelligence, mental disorder and crime ; 15. Personality theories ; 16. Violent, aggressive and sexual offences
520 _aThe fifth edition of Criminology offers updated coverage of the main criminological theories. An engaging read for students of criminology, it traces the history and development of these key theories, and provides full references to guide the reader in their further criminological studies.
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