An introduction to criminological theory, penology and crime prevention
"This book combines three key issues in the field of criminology: criminological theory, penology and crime prevention. Thus, the book addresses three fundamental criminological aspects, namely: explaining the causes of criminal/deviant behaviour, explaining the process of dealing with deviants...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers
[2021]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46274212*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Introduction: Overview of Concepts and Issues in Criminology
- What Is Criminology?
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- History of Criminology
- What Is Crime?
- Deviance
- Delinquency
- How Criminologists View Crime
- Consensus View of Crime
- Conflict View of Crime
- Interactionist View of Crime
- The Role of the Criminologist
- Theory Construction
- Criminal Statistics
- The Sociology of Law
- Crime Prevention
- Penology
- Victimology
- What Is a Theory?
- Features of a Good Theory
- Ideology in Criminological Theory.
- Crime Statistics
- The Usefulness of Crime Statistics
- Official Crime Statistics
- Reasons Why Criminal Statistics May Be Distorted
- Unofficial Methods of Counting Crime
- Self-Report Surveys
- Victimization Surveys
- Organisations and Institutions Outside the Criminal Justice System
- Summary
- Chapter 2
- The Classical and Neoclassical Schools of Criminology
- Introduction
- Classical School of Criminology
- Cesare Beccaria (1738 -1794)
- Beccaria on Deterrence
- Beccaria on Death Penalty
- Jeremy Bentham (1748- 1832)
- Criticism of the Classical School.
- Neoclassical School of Criminology
- Rational Choice Theory (Gary Becker, 1968
- Cornish and Clarke, 1986)
- Deterrence Theory
- Routine Activities Theory (Lawrence Cohen & Marcus Felson, 1979)
- Summary
- Chapter 3
- The Positivist School of Criminology
- Introduction
- Biological Positivism
- Johann Kasper Laveter (1741-1801)
- Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) and Johann Spurzhein (1776-1832)
- Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)
- Criticism of Lombroso's Theory
- Other Pro-Lombroso Criminologists
- Enrico Ferri (1856-1929)
- Raffaele Garofalo (1852-1934)
- Psychological Positivism.
- Intelligence and Crime
- Psycho Analytic Theory (Sigmund Freud 1856-1939)
- Personality Theory
- Depression and Delinquency
- Hormones and Criminal Behaviour
- Hypoglycaemia and Criminal Behaviour
- Summary
- Chapter 4
- Early Sociological Positivists and Socio-Structural Theories
- Introduction
- Early Sociological Positivists
- Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874)
- Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904)
- Social Structural Theories
- Emile Durkheim (1858-1917): The Anomie Theory
- Robert Merton: Anomie/Strain Theory
- Robert Agnew: General Strain Theory.
- Social Disorganization Theory (Chicago School of Criminology)
- Deviant Subculture Theories
- Albert K. Cohen
- Walter B. Miller
- Summary
- Chapter 5
- Social Process Theories
- Introduction
- Social Learning Theories
- Differential Association Theory
- Differential Reinforcement Theories (Robert L. Burgess
- Ronald L. Akers)
- Social Control Theories
- Matza's Drift Theory
- Social Control/Bond Theories (Travis Hirschi)
- Attachment
- Commitment
- Involvement
- Belief
- Gottfredson and Hirschi's Low Self-Control Theory
- Labelling Theory
- Summary
- Chapter 6.
