Defining Crime

A Critique of the Concept and Its Implication
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-47934-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lynch, M.

Stretesky, P.

Long, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Jugendkriminalität
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Concerning the Definition of Crime 2. Let's Think About Crime 3. What is Crime? 4. Crime and Science 5. Crime and the Individual 6. Crime, the Concept versus Its Measurement as a Violation of the Criminal Law 7. Framing a Definition of Crime: Toward the Crime Definition 1.0 8. Concerns with the Explanation of Crime 9. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Michael J. Lynch is Professor of Criminology and Associated Faculty Member in the Patel School of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida, USA.
 
Paul B. Stretesky is Professor of Criminology at Northumbria University, UK.
 
Michael A. Long is Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University, UK.