1 option
Criminology : the essentials / Anthony Walsh, Boise State University, Cody Jorgensen, Boise State University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walsh, Anthony, 1941- author.
- Jorgensen, Cody, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology.
- Criminal behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2020]
- Contents:
- An overview of crime and criminology
- Measuring crime and criminal behavior
- Victimology: exploring the experience of victimization
- The early schools of criminology
- Crime as choice: rationality, emotion, and criminal behavior
- Social structural theories
- Social process theories
- Critical and feminist theories
- Psychosocial theories: individual traits and criminal behavior
- Biosocial approaches
- Developmental theories: from delinquency to crime to desistance
- Crimes of violence
- Terrorism
- Property crime
- Public order crime
- White-collar crime
- Organized crime.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-380) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781544375403 (electronic bk.)
- 1544375409 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90100007474
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.