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Book SynopsisAbout our author
Frank Schmalleger, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he is also recognized as Distinguished Professor. Dr. Schmalleger holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University, having earned both a master's degree (1970) and a doctorate in sociology (1974) from The Ohio State University with a special emphasis in criminology.
From 1976 to 1994, he taught criminal justice courses at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. For the last 16 of those years, he chaired the university's Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice. As an adjunct professor at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, Schmalleger helped develop the university's graduate program in security administration and loss prevention. He taught courses in that curriculum for over a decade. Schmalleger also taught in the New School for Social Research's online graduate program, hel
Table of Contents
PART I. CRIMINOLOGY EXPLAINED — THE EVIL MEN (AND WOMEN) DO
- What Is Criminology? — Understanding Crime and Criminals
PART II. CRIME CAUSATION —
WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT
- Classical and Neoclassical Criminology — Choice and Consequences
- Early Biological Perspectives on Criminal Behavior — It's What We Are
- Biosocial and Other Contemporary Perspectives — Interaction Is Key
- Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior — It's How We Think
- Social Structure — It's Where and How We Live
- Social Process and Social Development — It's What We Learn
- Social Conflict and Emergent Theories — It's How We Relate
PART III. THE CRIME PICTURE —
IT's NOT PRETTY
- Criminal Victimization — It's Personal
- Crimes against Persons-What We Fear
- Crimes against Property — It's What We Lose
- White-Collar and Organized Crime — Crime as a Job
- Drug and Sex Crimes — Recreational Offenses
PART IV. CRIME IN THE MODERN WORLD —
TODAY's HEADLINES
- Technology and Crime — It's a Double-Edged Sword
- Globalization and Terrorism — Our Small World
