Crime and Criminology

An Introduction to Theory, 4th Canadian Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-19-016059-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 554 g

The fourth edition of Crime and Criminology is a concise, comprehensive overview of criminological theory. By relating classical and contemporary theories to current criminological concerns through case studies and examples - such as racial profiling, sex trafficking, domestic violence, and cybercrime - the fourth edition is an up-to-date and remarkably accessible introduction to the study of theory in Canadian criminology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eisler, Lauren

White, Rob

Haines, Fiona

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Figures

- Tables

- Boxes

- Preface

- Acknowledgements

- 1: The Study of Crime

- 2: Classical Theory

- 3: Biological and Psychological Positivism

- 4: Sociological Positivism

- 5: Labelling Perspectives

- 6: Marxist Criminology

- 7: Feminist Perspectives

- 8: New Right Criminology

- 9: Republican Theory and Restorative Justice

- 10: Critical and Postmodern Criminology

- 11: Digital Criminology

- 12: Conclusion

- Glossary

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lauren Eisler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and the former Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the Brantford campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. Her PhD, which focused on crime and deviance, was completed at the University of Saskatchewan in 2004.

Australian Authors:

Rob White is a Distinguished Professor of Criminology in the School of Sociology & Social Work at the University of Tasmania. He is also Director of both the Criminology Research Unit and a member of the Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Council. He is the former Director of Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies at the University of Tasmania.

Fiona Haines is a Professor of Criminology in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Her PhD, completed at the University of Melbourne, won the 1996 Chancellor's Prize for excellence (Arts and Social Sciences). Her teaching and research interests include corporate and white collar crime,

globalization, and the sociology of crime and deviance.