Crime and criminology /

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Author / Creator:Reid, Sue Titus
Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, c1988.
Description:xvi, 621 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/878027
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ISBN:0030127440
Notes:Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. 555-594.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction to the Study of Crime and Criminology
  • Chapter 1. Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminology
  • Chapter 2. The Measurement of Crime and Its Impact
  • Part II. Explanations of Criminal Behavior
  • Chapter 3. Early Explanations of Criminal Behavior and Their Modern Counterparts
  • Chapter 4. Biological and Psychological Theories of Criminal Behavior
  • Chapter 5. Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior I: The Social-Structural Approach
  • Chapter 6. Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior II: The Social-Process Approach
  • Part III. Types of Crime
  • Chapter 7. Violent Crimes
  • Chapter 8. Property Crimes
  • Chapter 9. Business and Government-Related Crimes
  • Chapter 10. Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking, and Organized Crime
  • Part IV. Criminal Justice Systems
  • Chapter 11. U.S. Criminal Justice Systems
  • Chapter 12. Police
  • Chapter 13. Court Systems Part V. Social Reaction to Crime: Corrections
  • Chapter 14. The Confinement of Offenders
  • Chapter 15. Corrections in the Community
  • Glossary
  • Appendix A. Selected Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  • Appendix B. Guide to Legal Citations of Reported Decisions