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Crime and deviance : an introduction to criminology /
The main objective of the fi rst edition was to make available a simplified, readily available introductory reader not only for the students of Criminology, but also for the general reader who may be interested in the problems of crime, crime control and prevention.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Nairobi, Kenya :
LawAfrica,
[2011]
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| Edición: | Revised edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; DEDICATION; FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION; PREFACE; CHAPTER I -THE NATURE OF CRIME; CRIMINOLOGY; CRIME; CRIME STATISTICS; CHAPTER II -TYPES OF CRIME; VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST THE PERSON; CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY; VANDALISM; POLITICAL CRIMES; OCCUPATIONAL CRIMES; PROFESSIONAL CRIME; ORGANISED CRIME; CORPORATE CRIME; CRIME AS A SOCIAL FACT; CHAPTER III -THEORIES OF THE CAUSES OF CRIME; CAUSATIONS; I. THE THEOLOGICAL-BIOLOGICAL THEORIES; (a) Demonology; (b) Original Sin; (c) The Doctrine of the Free Will; (d) Heredity; (e) Mental Disorders and Crime.
- (F) Intelligence, Feeblemindedness and Abnormal Behaviour(f) The Freudian Theories of Violence; II SOCIAL-CULTURAL THEORIES; (a) Culture, Conflict and Crime; (b) The Subculture of Violence; (c) Lower Class Culture; d) Anomie and Crime; (e) Poverty and Crime; Theories of the Causes of Crime; Genetic Theory of Crime; CHAPTER IV -CRIMES OF VIOLENCE; ASSAULT AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT; CRIMINAL HOMICIDE; MOTIVE IN CRIMINAL HOMICIDE; MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER; INFANTICIDE; MAYHEM AND MUTILATION; SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE FOLLOWED BY SUICIDE; TORTURE; METHODS OF TORTURE.
- Chapter v -crime and deviance relating to sexadultery; bestiality; bigamy; prostitution; characteristics of prostitutes; homosexuality; incest; pandering; rape; indecent assault; swinging; fornication; divorce; chapter vi -offences against property; theft; cheating; arson; corruption; forgery; robbery with violence; shoplifting; chapter vii -alcohol and drug addiction; functions of alcohol; evils of alcohol; drunkenness and alcoholism; the alcoholic; prevention of drunkenness and alcoholism; drug addiction; chapter viii -punishment of offenders; capital punishment; the case for death penalty.
- THECASE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTYArizona; Colorado; Delaware; Iowa; Kansas; Missouri; Oregon; South Dakota; METHODS OF INFLICTING DEATH; ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; DECLARATION OF STOCKHOLM AGAINST THE DEATHPENALTY; CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; FINES; IMPRISONMENT; AIMS OF IMPRISONMENT; CURRENT VIEWS OF IMPRISONMENT; PRISON REFORM; ALTERNATIVES TO IMPRISONMENT; CHAPTER IX -PREVENTION OF CRIME.