{"product_id":"criminology-9780199334643","title":"Criminology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Criminology is the most comprehensive, logically organized, and coherently presented book on the market.\"--Gary W. Potter, Eastern Kentucky University \"Beirne and Messerschmidt clearly offer far more in the way of examples and case  studies than my current text. The book is very user-friendly, and will appeal visually to today's students.\"--Laura Hansen, Western New England University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrief Contents List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables Preface About the Authors  Part I. Introduction to Criminology  1. The Problem of Crime    Preview    Key Terms    1.1 Images of Crime       Crime as a Social Problem       Crime and the Culture of Fear       Crime in the Mass Media       Newsmaking Criminology    1.2 Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminalization       Crime as a Legal Category       Law and State       Law and Criminalization    1.3 Crime as a Sociological Problem       Crime as a Violation of Conduct Norms       Crime as Social Harm and Analogous Social Injury       Crime as a Violation of Rights       Crime and Deviance       Crime, Globalization, and Global Conduct Norms    Assessment    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  2. The Measurement of Crime    Preview    Key Terms    2.1 Caution: Data Do Not Speak for Themselves!    2.2 Official Crime Data       Police-Based Data: Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)       Police-Based Data: National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)       Evaluation of the UCR       Victimization Data: National Crime Victimization Surveys (NCVS)       Evaluation of the NCVS       Federal Data on White-Collar Crime, Corporate Crime, and Internet Crime    2.3 Unofficial Crime Data       Self-Report Data       Life-Course Data       Life-History Data       Criminal Biographies       Observation Research and Participant Observation Research  Comparative and Historical Research    Assessment    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    Web Exercises    For Further Study  Part II. Criminological Theory  3. Inventing Criminology: Classicism, Positivism, and Beyond    Preview    Key Terms    3.1 The Enlightenment and Classical Criminology       Beccaria: Of Crimes and Punishments (1764)       Bentham: Punishment and the Panopticon       Toward the Disciplinary Society    3.2 The Emergence of Positivist Criminology       The Crisis of Classicism: The Dangerous Classes       Quetelet's Social Mechanics of Crime    3.3 Criminal Anthropology: Lombroso's \"Born Criminal\"       Lombroso's Criminal Man (1876)       Goring's The English Convict (1913)    3.4 Neoclassical Criminology       Penal Dilemmas       Neoclassical Compromises    Assessment: Classicism and Positivism Today    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  4. Social Structure, Anomie, and Crime    Preview    Key Terms    4.1 Durkheim's Sociology of Law and Crime       Law and Social Solidarity       The Nature of Crime       Anomie, Egoism, and Crime       The Evolution of Punishment       Evaluation of Durkheim    4.2 Social Structure, Anomie, and Deviance       Merton's Typology of Modes of Individual Adaptation       Evaluation of Merton    4.3 Revised Strain Theory       Agnew's General Strain Theory       Evaluation of General Strain Theory  Messner and Rosenfeld's Institutional Anomie Theory       Evaluation of Institutional Anomie Theory    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  5. Delinquent Subcultures, Subcultures of Delinquency, and the Labeling Perspective    Preview    Key Terms    5.1 The Chicago School of Criminology: Social Disorganization and Delinquency       Shaw and McKay's Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas (1942) Evaluation of the Chicago School    5.2 Delinquent Subcultures  A. K. Cohen's Delinquent Boys (1955)       Delinquency and Lower-Class Culture       Delinquency and Opportunity       Evaluation of Subcultural Theory    5.3 Matza's Delinquency and Drift (1964)       The Positive Delinquent       The Subculture of Delinquency       Delinquency and Drift       Evaluation of Delinquency and Drift    5.4 The Labeling Perspective       The Social Meaning of Deviance       Societal Reaction       Primary and Secondary Deviance  Deviance Amplification  Stigmatization       Evaluation of Labeling Theory    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  6. Social Learning Theory and Social Control Theory    Preview    Key Terms    6.1 Differential Association       Evaluation of Differential Association    6.2 Social Learning Theory       Differential Reinforcement       Evaluation of Social Learning Theory   6.3 Social Control Theory       Evaluation of Social Control Theory  6.4 Self-Control Theory  Gottfredson and Hirschi's Theory of Self-Control       Evaluation of Self-Control Theory    6.5 Control Balance Theory       Evaluation of Control Balance Theory    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  7. The Conflict Tradition    Preview    Keywords    7.1 Marxism, Law, and Crime       Key Concepts of Marxism       State and Law       Criminalization as a Violation of Rights       Crime and Demoralization  Evaluation of Marxism    7.2 Conflict Theory       Crime and Criminalization       Criminal Law and Crime       Toward an Integrated Conflict Theory       Evaluation of Conflict Theory    7.3 Radical Criminology       Left Realism       Evaluation of Radical Criminology    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  8. Feminist and Critical Criminologies    Preview    Key Terms    8.1 Feminist Criminologies       The First Phase  The Second Phase  Evaluation of Feminist Criminologies  8.2 Critical Criminologies       Constitutive Criminology       Cultural Criminology       Critical Humanist Criminologies       Green Criminology       Evaluation of Critical Criminologies    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  Part III. Inequalities and Crime  9. Inequality, Crime, and Victimization    Preview    Key Terms    9.1 Class and Crime       Patterns of Crime and Victimization       Class and Varieties of Crime  9.2 Gender and Crime  Patterns of Crime and Victimization       Gender and Varieties of Crime    9.3 Race and Crime       Patterns of Crime and Victimization       Race and Varieties of Crime    9.4 Age and Crime       Patterns of Crime and Victimization       Age and Varieties of Crime    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  10. Property Crime    Preview    Key Terms    10.1 Robbery and Burglary       Robbery  Typologies of Robbery  Robbery as Transaction    Robbers on Robbery       Burglary       Burglars on Burglary    10.2 Varieties of Larceny       Shoplifting       Motor Vehicle Theft       Fraud    10.3 Dealing and Damage       Fencing       Arson    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  11. Interpersonal Violence    Preview    Key Terms    11.1 Murder, Assault, Hate Crimes, and Rape       Murder and Aggravated Assault       Hate Crimes  Rape  11.2 Interpersonal Violence in the Family    Heterosexual Wife Rape and Battering       Gay and Lesbian Partner Battering       Child and Elder Abuse       Animal Abuse    11.3 Interpersonal Violence in the Workplace       Murder and Assault       Sexual Harassment    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  12. White-Collar Crime    Preview    Key Terms    12.1 Occupational Crime       Occupational Theft       Occupational Fraud  12.2 Corporate Crime       Corporate Violence      Corporate Theft    12.3 Transnational Corporate Crime       Bribery       Dumping       Dangerous Working Conditions    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  13. Political Crime    Preview    Key Terms    13.1 Political Crimes Against the State       Violent Political Crimes Against the State       Nonviolent Political Crimes Against the State    13.2 Domestic Political Crimes by the State  State Corruption  State Political Repression      State-Corporate Crime    13.3 Transnational Political Crimes by the State       State Terrorism       The State, Terrorism, and Globalization    Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  14. Comparative Criminology    Preview    Key Terms    14.1 Approaching Comparative Criminology       The Goal(s) of Comparative Criminology       Transnational Crime       Cultural Relativism  A Case Study of Comparative Sexual Deviance       Toward Uniform Cross-National Crime Statistics  Evaluation of Comparative Criminology    14.2 Comparative Crime and Victimization Data       Cross-National Crime Data       Cross-National Victimization Data    14.3 Cross-National Generalizations Regarding Crime       Countries with Low Crime Rates       Modernization and Crime       Globalization and Crime       American Exceptionalism: Crime and Incarceration in Comparative Perspective  Review    Questions for Class Discussion    For Further Study  Glossary References Author Index Subject Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524619051351,"sku":"9780199334643","price":180.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/criminology-9780199334643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}