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Author |
: Robert C. Winters |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 317 |
Release |
: 2014-06-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466597112 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466597119 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation by : Robert C. Winters
An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation is a student-friendly textbook that defines and explains the concepts of crime, criminal law, and criminology. Ideal for a one-semester course, the book compares and contrasts early criminal behavior and today‘s modern forms of crime. It also explores society‘s responses to criminal behavior in the past
Author |
: Robert C. Winters |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 326 |
Release |
: 2014-06-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466597105 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466597100 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation by : Robert C. Winters
An Introduction to Crime and Crime Causation is a student-friendly textbook that defines and explains the concepts of crime, criminal law, and criminology. Ideal for a one-semester course, the book compares and contrasts early criminal behavior and today’s modern forms of crime. It also explores society’s responses to criminal behavior in the past and in the present day. It covers both major and lesser-known crime causation theories and their impact on society. Topics covered include: The importance of understanding crime data The goals of punishment The history of criminology, including the influence of social Darwinism on early trait theorists Crime causation theories, including a comparison of mainstream and critical theories The relationship between crime and biology, including the influence of genetics, substance use, and mental illness The social structural approach to crime, including a consideration of the changing contexts of urban criminality The nature and function of the justice system at the local, state, and federal levels, and basic categories of crimes Drug trafficking crimes, drug court efforts, and perceived weaknesses in current antidrug efforts Each chapter begins with a set of objectives and concludes with a summary. Interactive questions promote classroom discussion and practicum sections facilitate contextual learning. Drawn from different and distinct backgrounds, the authors each have unique perspectives on crime, making for a particularly well-rounded text that explores crime from several angles. The book attempts to educate readers in the development of new insights on crime and crime causation and provides a greater understanding of the steps that need to be taken before a significant reduction in crime can occur.
Author |
: Otto Pollack |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 64 |
Release |
: 2015-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781512818406 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1512818402 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Crime Causation by : Otto Pollack
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Author |
: Jason Warr |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 98 |
Release |
: 2017-01-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319474465 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319474464 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Introduction to Criminological Theory and the Problem of Causation by : Jason Warr
This text offers a novel contribution to the literature on core criminological theory by introducing the complex issues relating to the structuring and analysing of causation. This text traces the paradigm shift, or drift, that has occurred in the history of criminology and shows how the problem of causation has been a leading factor in these theoretical developments. This short book is the first of its kind and is an introductory text designed to introduce both seasoned criminologists as well as students of criminology to the interesting intersections between the fields of criminology and the philosophy of the social sciences. The problem of causation is notoriously difficult and has plagued philosophers and scientists for centuries. Warr highlights the importance of grappling with this problem and demonstrates how it can lead to unsuccessful theorising and can prevent students from fully appreciating the development of thinking in criminology. This accessible account will prove to be a must-read for scholars of criminal justice, penology and philosophy of social science.
Author |
: T.E. Moffitt |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789400927681 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9400927681 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Biological Contributions to Crime Causation by : T.E. Moffitt
This book presents reviews of the literature and reports of new findings from research into biological correlates of criminal behavior. The chapters are revised versions of talks given by participants in an Advanced Study Institute sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and held inCastelvecchio Pascoli in September, 1986. It is our second edited volume on biology and crime. The first book, The Causes of Cdme; New Biological Apwoaches, was published in 1987. In the preface to that book we described the regrettable hi. tory of the paeudobiological research into social problem. conducted by the Social Darwinists at the turn of the century. We requested that that unfortunate legacy not inhibit responsible and scientifically sound investigations of biological and psychological variables in criminology today. Evidence is mounting that showl that research limited to social and environmental vadables cannot explain the behavior of the minority of criminal offenders whose criminal careen begin in adolescence and develop into recidivistic and violent . . saults on society. Certainly these offenders are few, but epidemiological studies have found them to be responsible for an amount of crimes disproportionate to their small numbers. As few . . 5 % of males commit over 50% of criminal offenses. Intervention directed at these relatively few individuals could, if succes. ful, dramatically reduce our growing violent crime rate. The chapters in our earlier book showed that some biological variables do relate to this type of chronic offending.
Author |
: Sheldon Glueck |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 1942 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044032242794 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Crime Causation by : Sheldon Glueck
Author |
: Ronald D. Hunter |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1588267733 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781588267733 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Crime and Criminality by : Ronald D. Hunter
Intended to bridge the gap between theory and the real world of crime and criminal justice, discussing what crime is, why criminologists think people commit crime, and how society feels it should handle these digressions.
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ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:460737442 |
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: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Crime Causation by :
Author |
: Anne Thomas Sulton |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105060460982 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis African-American Perspectives on Crime Causation, Criminal Justice Administration, and Crime Prevention by : Anne Thomas Sulton
Fifteen articles written by African American criminologists respond to urban crime and policies to control it. The contributors examine the status of African-American scholars in the field of criminal justice, and consider some of the historical reasons for contemporary escalation of crime and delinquency on a political and psychological level. The investigations also offer insights and potential solutions to the problems of drugs, gang violence, police brutality, AIDS, and the death penalty. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author |
: Michael R. Gottfredson |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0804717737 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780804717731 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis A General Theory of Crime by : Michael R. Gottfredson
By articulating a general theory of crime and related behavior, the authors present a new and comprehensive statement of what the criminological enterprise should be about. They argue that prevalent academic criminology—whether sociological, psychological, biological, or economic—has been unable to provide believable explanations of criminal behavior. The long-discarded classical tradition in criminology was based on choice and free will, and saw crime as the natural consequence of unrestrained human tendencies to seek pleasure and to avoid pain. It concerned itself with the nature of crime and paid little attention to the criminal. The scientific, or disciplinary, tradition is based on causation and determinism, and has dominated twentieth-century criminology. It concerns itself with the nature of the criminal and pays little attention to the crime itself. Though the two traditions are considered incompatible, this book brings classical and modern criminology together by requiring that their conceptions be consistent with each other and with the results of research. The authors explore the essential nature of crime, finding that scientific and popular conceptions of crime are misleading, and they assess the truth of disciplinary claims about crime, concluding that such claims are contrary to the nature of crime and, interestingly enough, to the data produced by the disciplines themselves. They then put forward their own theory of crime, which asserts that the essential element of criminality is the absence of self-control. Persons with high self-control consider the long-term consequences of their behavior; those with low self-control do not. Such control is learned, usually early in life, and once learned, is highly resistant to change. In the remainder of the book, the authors apply their theory to the persistent problems of criminology. Why are men, adolescents, and minorities more likely than their counterparts to commit criminal acts? What is the role of the school in the causation of delinquincy? To what extent could crime be reduced by providing meaningful work? Why do some societies have much lower crime rates than others? Does white-collar crime require its own theory? Is there such a thing as organized crime? In all cases, the theory forces fundamental reconsideration of the conventional wisdom of academians and crimina justic practitioners. The authors conclude by exploring the implications of the theory for the future study and control of crime.