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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John E Conklin |
| ISBN: | 0205464408 9780205464401 |
| OCLC Number: | 63472866 |
| Description: | xi, 516 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | The study of crime -- Measuring crime -- Crime and its costs -- Dimensions of crime -- Biological and psychological explanations of crime -- Social, cultural, and economic sources of crime -- Social control and commitment to the law -- Learning to commit crime -- Opportunities and facilitating factors -- Criminal careers -- The organization of criminal behavior -- Community reactions to crime -- The criminal justice system -- Deterrence, incapacitation, retribution, and rehabilitation -- Solving the crime problem. |
| Responsibility: | John E. Conklin. |
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"I very much like and appreciate this type of conceptual approach to the subject matter." Adam Rafalovich Texas Tech University "One of the major benefits of this text is that it gets students away from looking at types of crime and instead helps them to emphasize the theoretical frameworks that criminologists use to understand crime." Adam Rafalovich Texas Tech University "The strengths of this text are its theory base, readability, and clarity." Adam Rafalovich Texas Tech University "The style/ presentation of the material is a strong aspect of the book." Adam Rafalovich Texas Tech University Read more...
