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Criminology : a very short introduction / Tim Newburn.
Van Pelt Library HV6025 .N4943 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newburn, Tim, author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 563.
- Very short introductions ; 563
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "What do we mean by the term "crime"? Who commits crime and why do they do it? And what can we do about it? This [book] considers what we know about crime and criminality, and about historical trends and competing explanations for patterns of crime in the developed world."--Book flap.
- Contents:
- Introducing criminology
- What is crime?
- Who commits crime?
- How do we measure crime?
- Understanding recent trends in crime
- Understanding the crime drop
- How do we control crime?
- How do we prevent crime?
- Where next for criminology?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-134) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199643253
- 9780199643257
- OCLC:
- 1000590173
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