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Introduction to Criminology

Brendan Maguire, Polly F. Radosh

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PART I. CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 1. Introduction to Criminology. PART II. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CRIME. 2. Images and Definitions of Crime. 3. Measures of Crime. 4. Myths and Facts About Crime. PART III. TYPES OF CRIME. 5. Violent Interpersonal Crimes. 6. Crimes of the Powerful. 7. Conventional Property Crime. 8. Public Order Crimes. PART IV. THEORIES OF CRIME. Your Personal Guide to Theory. 9. Crime as Individually Chosen Behavior. 10. Theories of the Driven Offender. 11 Micro Social Causes of Crime: Social Ecology and Differential Association. 12. Micro Social Causes of Crime: Labeling and Social Control. 13. Macro Social Causes of Crime: Strain, Marxist, and Feminist Theories. PART V. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 14. Police. 15. Courts. 16.Corrections. 17. Patterns of Incarceration. PART VI. CONCLUSIONS. 18. Current Themes in Criminology. NAME INDEX. SUBJECT INDEX.

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PART I. CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 1. Introduction to Criminology. PART II. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CRIME. 2. Images and Definitions of Crime. 3. Measures of Crime. 4. Myths and Facts About Crime. PART III. TYPES OF CRIME. 5. Violent Interpersonal Crimes. 6. Crimes of the Powerful. 7. Conventional Property Crime. 8. Public Order Crimes. PART IV. THEORIES OF CRIME. Your Personal Guide to Theory. 9. Crime as Individually Chosen Behavior. 10. Theories of the Driven Offender. 11 Micro Social Causes of Crime: Social Ecology and Differential Association. 12. Micro Social Causes of Crime: Labeling and Social Control. 13. Macro Social Causes of Crime: Strain, Marxist, and Feminist Theories. PART V. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 14. Police. 15. Courts. 16.Corrections. 17. Patterns of Incarceration. PART VI. CONCLUSIONS. 18. Current Themes in Criminology. NAME INDEX. SUBJECT INDEX.

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PART I. CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 1. Introduction to Criminology. PART II. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CRIME. 2. Images and Definitions of Crime. 3. Measures of Crime. 4. Myths and Facts About Crime. PART III. TYPES OF CRIME. 5. Violent Interpersonal Crimes. 6. Crimes of the Powerful. 7. Conventional Property Crime. 8. Public Order Crimes. PART IV. THEORIES OF CRIME. Your Personal Guide to Theory. 9. Crime as Individually Chosen Behavior. 10. Theories of the Driven Offender. 11 Micro Social Causes of Crime: Social Ecology and Differential Association. 12. Micro Social Causes of Crime: Labeling and Social Control. 13. Macro Social Causes of Crime: Strain, Marxist, and Feminist Theories. PART V. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 14. Police. 15. Courts. 16.Corrections. 17. Patterns of Incarceration. PART VI. CONCLUSIONS. 18. Current Themes in Criminology. NAME INDEX. SUBJECT INDEX.

Key concepts: Criminology, Green criminology, Criminal justice, Cultural criminology, Dark figure of crime, Property crime, Sociology, Political science

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