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Crime and Criminal Justice.
This book provides students with a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the study of criminology by taking an interdisciplinary approach to explaining criminal behaviour and criminal justice. It is divided into two parts, which address the two essential bases that form the discipline of crimin...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover; Crime and Criminal Justice; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Numbered Boxes; List of case study boxes; Preface; PART 1 : Exploring and Explaining Crime; Chapter 1. Crime
- The Historical Context; Chapter 2. Biological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour; Chapter 3. Psychological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour; Chapter 4. Sociological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour; Chapter 5. Explaining the Criminal Behaviour of Women; Chapter 6. Explaining the Criminal Behaviour of Ethnic Minorities; PART 2 : Exploring and Explaining Criminal Justice.
- Chapter 7. Why Punish? Philosophies of PunishmentChapter 8. Theories of Punishment; Chapter 9. The History of Crime and Justice; Chapter 10. Victimology; Chapter 11. Police and Policing; Chapter 12. The Courts, Sentencing and the Judiciary; Chapter 13. The Criminal Justice System: Prisons and Imprisonment; References; Index.