Modern criminology : crime, criminal behavior and its control / John Hagan
Imprint
New York : McGraw-Hill book, 1987
Descript
xii, 372 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
CONTENT
Studying criminology: why criminology? -- Defining rime: an issues of morality -- Legislating crime and delinquency: The Making of state morality -- Counting crime: the many measures of criminality -- Understanding crime I: the theories of undercontrol -- Understanding crime II: theories of culture, status, and opportunity -- Understanding crime III: the theories of overcontrol -- Responding to crime: the injustices of criminal justice -- Understanding the "new crimes": the unexplained crimes of class and gender -- Living with crime: the failures and futures of punishment, treatment, and prevention