Describes the diverse and at times competing perspectives within criminology, and their attempts to explain why certain types of people engage in certian types of behaviour that have been identified as begin criminal in nature.
Contents:
LIST OF CHARTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. The Study of Crime; 2. Classical Theory; 3. Biological and Psychological Positivism; 4. Strain Theory; 5. Labelling Perspectives; 6. Marxist Criminology; 7. Feminist Perspectives; 8. New Right Criminology; 9. Left Realism; 10. Republican Theory and Restorative Justice; 11. Critical Criminology; 12. Conclusion; REFERENCES; INDEX
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