Crime, justice, and society : criminology and the sociological imagination /
Ronald Berger, Marvin D. Free, Jr., Patricia Searles.
- Boston : McGraw Hill, c2001.
- xx, 524 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
CONTENTS
PART 1: ISSUES, METHODS, AND THEORIES Perspectives on the problem of crime Crime data and methods of research Individualistic explanations of criminal behaviour
PART 2: PATTERNS OF CRIMINALITY AND VICTIMIZATION Class, race/ethnicity and street crime Gender and crime Sexual violence against women and children Organizational crime: Licit and Illicit business Political and government crime
PART 3: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS The police and the courts Punishment and corrections Peace-making and postmodern criminology
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-511) and index.
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Crime--Sociological aspects.--United States Criminal behavior--United States. Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.