Understanding crime : concepts, issues, decisions / Joseph F. Sheley : [illustrator, Barbara Hack]
Imprint
Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1979
Descript
xi, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Crime: The "Crime problem" -- Crime facts and figures -- Criminals and victims: Patterns of criminal behavior -- Theories about the causes of crime -- Victims -- Creating crime and criminals -- Criminal labels -- The Criminal justice system and its products -- Corrections system -- Summary and observations on cirme control