INDICE: Part One: Introduction to the Study of Crime and Criminology; Chapter1: Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminology; Chapter 2: The Measurement of Crime and its Impact; Part Two: Explanations of Criminal Behavior; Chapter 3: Early Explanations of Criminal Behavior and Their Modern Counterparts; Chapter 4: Biological and Psychological Theories of Criminal Behavior; Chapter 5: Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior I: The Social-Structural Approach; Chapter 6: Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior II: The Social-Process Approach; Part Three: Types of Crime; Chapter 7: Violent Crimes; Chapter 8: Property Crimes; Chapter 9: Business- and Government-Related Crimes; Chapter 10: Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking, and Organized Crime; Part Four: Criminal Justice System; Chapter 11: U.S. Criminal Justice Systems; Chapter 12: Police; Chapter 13: Court Systems; Part Five: Social Reaction to Crime: Corrections; Chapter 14: The Confinement of Offenders; Chapter 15: Corrections in the Community; Glossary; Appendix A: Selected Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; Appendix B: Guide toLegal Citations of Reported Decisions
- ISBN: 978-0-19-537044-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 624
- Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés