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Criminology / by Conklin, John E.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-416) and index.The study of crime -- Measuring crime -- Crime and its costs -- Dimensions of crime -- Biological and psychological explanations of crime -- Social, cultural, and economic sources of crime -- Social control and commitment to the law -- Learning to commit crime -- Opportunities and facilitating factors -- Criminal careers -- The organization of criminal behavior -- Community reactions to crime -- The criminal justice system -- Deterrence, incapacitation, retribution, and rehabilitation -- Reducing crime.The eleventh edition of Criminology is a lively introduction to the study of crime. As opposed to the “crime-of-the-week” approach common to many other texts, Conklin introduces students to critical issues in the field, such as the way people learn to commit crime, the development of criminal careers, and the organization of criminal behavior. [From Amazon].
Subjects: Criminology.;
© 2013., Pearson,
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Crime types and criminals / by Hagan, Frank E.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-445) and index.Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- Criminology -- Fads and fashions in crime -- Crime file 1-1: FBI's ten most wanted fugitives -- Emergence of criminology -- Crime and deviance -- Sumner's types of norms -- Mala in se and mala prohibita -- Social change and the emergence of law -- Crime file 1-2: Crimes of the twentieth century -- Consensus versus conflict model of law -- Crime and criminal law -- Who defines crime? criminological definitions -- Crime problem -- Cost of crime -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 2: General Characteristics Of Crime And Criminals -- Caution in interpreting crime data -- International variations in crime -- Prevalence of crime -- Trends in crime -- Age and crime -- Crime file 2-1: What is the relationship between age and crime? -- Gender differences in criminality -- Social class and crime -- Race and crime -- Crime file 2-2: Racial profiling -- Crime file 2-3: Native Americans and crime -- Regional variation in crime -- Urban/rural differences -- Institutions and crime -- Family and crime -- Education and crime -- Religion and crime -- War and crime -- Economy and crime -- Mass media and crime -- Criminal typologies -- Crime types 2-1: Some sociological typologies of criminal behavior -- Critique of typologies -- Defense of typologies -- Criminal behavior systems -- Theoretical range and criminological explanation -- Global fallacy -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 3: Overview Of Theory In Criminology -- Major theoretical approaches -- Demonological theory--Classical and neo-classical theory -- Crime file 3-1: Justifications for punishment -- Ecological theory -- Forerunners of modern criminological thought -- Economic theory -- Positivism -- Biological theory -- Psychological theory -- Crime file 3-2: Insanity defense -- Mainstream sociological theory -- Critical sociological theory -- Integrated theories of crime -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 4: Violent Crime -- History of violence in the United States -- Murder and mayhem -- Types of murders: multicide -- Crime types 4-1: Types of multiple murders: multicide -- Crime types 4-2: Types of serial murders -- Crime file 4-1: Virginia Tech massacre -- Crime file 4-2: DC snipers, BTK killer, and the Red Lake massacre -- Victim precipitation -- Crime types 4-3: Types of victims -- Typology of violent offenders -- Crime types 4-4: Types of violent offenders -- Legal aspects -- Homicide and assault statistics -- Patterns and trends in violent crime -- Workplace violence -- School violence -- Crime file 4-3: Deadly lessons: the secret service study of school shooters -- Guns -- Sexual assault -- Acquaintance rape -- Amir vs Brownmiller -- Rape as a violent act -- Crime types 4-5: Types of rapes and rapists -- Robbery -- Crime file 4-4: Name that bank robber -- Conklin's typology of robbers -- Crime types 4-6: Types of robbers -- Domestic violence -- Child abuse -- Spouse abuse -- Elder abuse -- Kidnapping -- Crime file 4-5: Bogeyman: online sexual predators -- Criminal careers of violent offenders -- Culture of violence -- Subculture of violence -- Career criminals/violent predators -- Crime types 4-7: Types of career criminals -- Societal reaction -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 5: Property Crime: Occasional, Conventional And Professional -- Occasional property crimes -- Shoplifting -- Crime types 5-1: Types of shoplifters -- Vandalism -- Crime types 5-2: Types of vandals -- Crime file 5-1: Graffiti -- Motor vehicle theft -- Crime types 5-3: Types of auto theft -- Check forgery -- Crime types 5-4: Types of check forgers -- Conventional property crimes -- Burglary -- Crime types 5-5: Types of burglars -- Fencing operations -- Stings -- Larceny/theft -- Arson: a special-category offense -- Crime types 5-6: Types of arson -- Criminal careers of occasional and conventional property criminals -- Crime types 5-7: Occasional vs conventional criminals -- Societal reaction -- Professional crime -- Concept of "professional crime" -- Characteristics of professional crime -- Argot -- Model of professional crime -- Edelhertz's typology -- Crime types 5-8: Examples from Edelhertz's (1970) categories of white collar crimes (professional crime) -- Scams -- Big cons -- Maurer's the big con -- Identity theft -- Ponzi schemes -- Pyramid schemes -- Religious cons -- Crime file 5-2: Emerging patterns of professional crime -- Boosters -- Crime file 5-3: Shoplifting -- Cannons -- Professional burglars -- Box man -- Professional fence -- Crime types 5-9: Types of fences -- Paper hangers -- Crime file 5-4: Intellectual property theft -- Crime file 5-5: Busting the biggest band of cable pirates in US history -- Professional robbers -- Professional arsonists -- Professional auto theft rings -- Crime file 5-6: Car cloning: a new twist on an old crime -- Professional killers -- Criminal careers of professionals -- Societal reaction -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions.6: White Collar Crime: Occupational And Corporate -- White collar crime-the classic statement -- Related concepts -- Measurement and cost of occupational and corporate crime -- History of corporate, organizational, and occupational crime -- Crime types 6-1: Organizational/occupational crime grid -- Legal regulation -- Occupations and the law -- Organizations and the law -- Occupational crime -- Crimes by employees -- Crime types 6-2: Edelhertz's (1970) typology of white collar crime -- Crimes by employees against individuals (the public) -- Crimes by employees against employees -- Crimes by employees against organizations -- Crimes by individuals (or members of occupations) -- Corporate crime -- Crimes by organizations/corporations against individuals (the public) -- Crime file 6-1: Financial crimes: FBI releases annual report to the public -- Crime file 6-2: Great saving and loan scandal: the biggest white collar crime in US history -- Crime file 6-3: Donora fluoride death fog: a secret history of America's worst air pollution disaster -- Crimes by organizations against employees -- Crimes by organizations (corporations) against organizations -- Crime file 6-4: Pirates of the internet: criminal Warez groups -- Criminal careers of occupational and organizational offenders -- Corporate environment and crime -- Corporate concentration -- Rationalizations -- Societal reaction -- Why the leniency in punishment? -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 7: Political Crime And Terrorism -- Ideology -- Political crime: a definition -- Legal aspects -- Nuremburg principle -- Universal declaration of human rights -- International law -- Crimes by government -- Secret police -- Human rights violations -- Patriarchal crime -- Genocide -- Crimes by police -- Illegal surveillance, disruption, and experiments -- Scandal -- Crime file 7-1: White House crime and scandal: from Washington to George W Bush -- Crimes against government -- Protest and dissent -- Social movements -- Assassination -- Crime types 7-1: Types of assassins -- Espionage -- Crimes types 7-2: Types of spies -- Crime file 7-2: Hannsen spy case -- Political "whistle-blowing" -- Terrorism -- Crime types 7-3: Types of terrorists -- Crime file 7-3: Turner diaries, Z0G, and the silent brotherhood-the order -- Criminal careers of political criminals -- Doctrine of Raison d'Etat -- Terrorism and social policy -- Societal reaction -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 8: Organized Crime -- Organized crime: a problematic definition -- Sources of information on organized crime -- Types of organized crime (generic definitions) -- Crime types 8-1: Albini's basic types of organized crime -- Organized crime continuum -- Street gangs -- Crime types 8-2: Types of gang members -- International organized crime -- Yakuza -- Chinese triad societies -- Russian organized crime -- Nature of organized crime -- Ethnicity and organized crime -- Money laundering -- Drug trafficking -- Colombian cartels -- Underground empire -- Theories of the nature of syndicate crime in the United States -- Crime file 8-1: Origin of the mafia -- Cosa Nostra theory (the Cressey model) -- Patron theory (the Albini model) -- Italian-American syndicate (IAS) -- Classic pattern of organized crime -- Strategic and tactical crimes -- Illegal businesses and activities -- Crime file 8-2: Snakeheads and software mobsters -- Crime file 8-3: Mobsters, unions, and the feds -- Big business and government -- Brief history of organized crime in the United States -- Before 1930 -- Luciano period -- Genovese period -- Apalachian meetings -- Gambino period -- Commission trials -- Criminal careers of organized criminals -- Public and legal reaction -- Drug control strategies -- Investigative procedures -- Laws and organized crime -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 9: Public Order Crime -- Nuts, guts, sluts, and "preverts" -- Broken windows -- Prostitution -- Types of prostitution -- Crime types 9-1: Types of prostitution -- Massage parlors -- Johns -- Underaged prostitutes -- Homosexual behavior -- Crime types 9-2: Types of homosexuals -- Sexual offenses -- Paraphilia -- Crime types 9-3: Types of paraphilia -- Nonvictimless sexual offenses -- Sexual predators -- Crime file 9-1: Child sexual abuse by Catholic priests -- Crime types 9-4: Types of child molesters -- Crime file 9-2: Cracking down on sexual predators on the internet -- Incest -- Characteristics of sex offenders -- Drug abuse -- Drugs and history -- Crime file 9-3: Moral panics and the strange career of Captain Richmond Hobson-moral entrepreneur -- Drug use in the United States: the drug dip? -- Drug abuse and crime -- Drunkenness -- Special populations -- Societal reaction -- Overcriminalization -- Decriminalization -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- 10: Computer Crime And The Future Of Crime -- Computer crime -- Types of computer crime -- Crime types 10-1: Types of computer crime -- Crime file 10-1: Operation: Bot roast: bot-herders charged as part of initiative -- Argot of computer crime -- Online predators -- Crime file 10-2: Protecting children in cyberspace: the ICAC task force program -- Cyberterrorism -- Public and legal reaction -- Crime file 10-3: Cyberspace security: breaking ground in the new frontier -- Crime file 10-4: Fine point: mapping intel sources -- Future of crime -- Predicting the future of crime: methods -- Other crime predictions -- Crimewarps -- Future of digital crime -- Other predictions -- British home office predictions -- Crime file 10-5: Anticipating future trends in crime and disorder audits -- Summary -- Key concepts -- Review questions -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the author.From the Publisher: Crime and Criminals is an essentials introduction to the study of criminology, focusing on crime types in particular. The book aims to provide broader coverage of all major crime types, as well as brief coverage of research methods and theory. The book can be used as both a stand alone and supplementary text in courses such as introduction to criminology, crime and society, deviant behavior, crime profiling, and many other seminars within the criminology and criminal justice discipline. Unlike many of the current criminology books on the market, this is a brief book that really talks about all kinds of crime and criminals in detail in a way to capture and retain student interest.
Subjects: Criminal psychology.; Criminal behavior.; Criminology.;
© ©2010., Sage Publications,
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The encyclopedia of crime and punishment. by Jennings, Wesley G.,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Volume I. A-C -- Volume II. D-N -- Volume III. O-Z.
Subjects: Crime; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminology;
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Why we harm / by Presser, Lois.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-150) and index.Making misery -- We are written: a narrative framework of harm -- Genocide, harm of harms -- Institutionalized harm through meat-eating -- Intimate partner violence: a familiar stranger -- Penal harm: stigma, threat, and retribution -- Synthesis -- Unmaking misery.In this book the author scrutinizes accounts of acts as diverse as genocide, environmental degradation, war, torture, terrorism, homicide, rape, and meat-eating in order to develop an original theoretical framework with which to consider harmful actions and their causes. In doing so, this book presents a general theory of harm, revealing the commonalities between actions that impose suffering and cause destruction. Harm is built on stories in which the targets of harm are reduced to one-dimensional characters, sometimes a dangerous foe, sometimes much more benign, but still a projection of our own concerns and interests. In our stories of harm, we are licensed to do the harmful deed and, at the same time, are powerless to act differently. Chapter by chapter, the author examines statements made by perpetrators of a wide variety of harmful actions. Appearing vastly different from one another at first glance, she identifies the logics they share that motivate, legitimize, and sustain them. From that point, she maps out strategies for reducing harm. -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Crime; Criminology.; Violence.; Violent crimes;
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Conan Doyle and the Crimes Club : the creator of Sherlock Holmes and his criminological friends / by Wade, Stephen,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [154]-158) and index.Introduction: Tales of the criminous and clubmen -- Arthur Lambton : the fight for legitimacy -- Conan Doyle : good fellowship and sleuthing -- John Churton Collins investigates -- Samuel Ingleby Oddie and Dr. Crippen -- Henry Brodribb Irving and remarkable criminals -- George R. Simms : justice campaigner and celebrity -- Max Pemberton -- Fletcher Robinson and The hound of the Baskervilles -- A.E.W. Mason : writer and spy -- A lord, a knight, and a medical man -- Trials and theories : Atlay and Diosy -- William Le Queux : Landru and the Crumbles bungalow murder.TRUE CRIME. In December 1903, a group of gentlemen friends met for dinner at the Carlton Club. They had one great interest in common: a fascination with crimes and criminals. In the ranks of that first convivial circle there were writers, lawyers and academics rubbing shoulders with a London coroner and two celebrated aristocrats. In a golden age of literary dinners and good fellowship, these aficionados of murder agreed to have meetings at which members would talk on famous and infamous crimes. At the very heart of what came to be The Crimes Club was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and literary lion at many a gathering. Conan Doyle and the Crimes Club: The Creator of Sherlock Holmes and his Criminological Friends recounts the lives of the first members of this celebrated body of criminologists, including their escapades in detective work, changing the law and undertaking spying missions.
Subjects: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.; Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930; Crimes Club.; Criminology; Criminal investigation; Murder;
© 2013., Fonthill,
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Psychology and crime / by Sammons, Aidan.; Putwain, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-204) and index.Introduction -- Defining and measuring crime -- Biologically oriented explanations of offending -- Psychologically oriented explanations of offending -- Socially oriented explanations of offending -- Psychology and police investigations -- Witness testimony -- Courtroom processes -- Judicial responses to offending -- Crime prevention -- Contemporary topics : terrorism and cybercrime -- Critical perspectives : crime, gender and race."Concise, informative, and accessible, the book explores a range of theories to understand criminal behaviour, from the physiological to the social. It covers a range of contexts within the criminal justice system where psychology offers unique insights, including police investigation, the perspective of witnesses and victims, and courtroom proceedings." - Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Criminal psychology.; Crime; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminology.;
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Women and crime : a text/reader / by Mallicoat, Stacy L.,editor,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Women and crime: introduction -- Theories of victimization -- Women and victimization : rape and sexual assault -- Women and victimization : intimate partner abuse and stalking -- International issues in the victimization of women -- Theories on female offending -- Girls and juvenile delinquency -- Female offenders and their crimes -- Processing and sentencing of female offenders -- The incarceration of women -- The supervision of women: community corrections, rehabilitation and reentry -- Women professionals and the criminal justice system: police, corrections, and offender services -- Work professionals and the criminal justice system: courts and victim services.
Subjects: Feminist criminology.; Women; Female offenders.; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.;
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The gender of crime / by Britton, Dana M.; Jacobsen, Shannon K.,1965-author.; Howard, Grace,1988-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A gender lens on criminology -- Gender and criminal offending -- Gender and the criminal justice system -- Gender and crime victimization -- Gender and work in the criminal justice system."[This book] introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime--from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition ... [offers] new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality in crime and punishment; more attention to LGBTQ issues; additional coverage of gender and crime on college campuses; and more. This ... book illustrates how gender is central to the definition, prosecution, and sentencing of crimes, that it shapes how victimization is experienced and understood, and how it structures the institutions of the criminal justice system and the experiences of workers within that system. [The author] demonstrates that crime, victimization, and crime control are never generic--they are instead produced and experienced by gendered (and raced, and classed, and sexualized) actors within contexts of social inequality. This book highlights key concepts and encourages readers to think through a range of compelling real-life examples, from school violence to corporate crime."--
Subjects: Female offenders.; Criminals.; Sex role; Victims of crimes.;
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Marijuana : examining the facts / by Van Gundy, Karen.; Staunton, Michael S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Patterns and trends. Is marijuana use or misuse more widespread than ever before? ; Does marijuana use or misuse vary by race or ethnicity? ; Does marijuana use or misuse vary by population density? ; Does marijuana use or misuse vary by family income level? ; Does marijuana use or misuse vary by employment status? ; Does marijuana use or misuse vary by education level? ; Does marijuana use or misuse vary by marital status? -- Risks and benefits. Is accurate information about the risks and benefits of marijuana widely available? ; Does marijuana use or misuse increase risk for physical health problems? ; Does marijuana pose more of a health risk than tobacco or alcohol? ; Does marijuana pose less of a health risk than other illicit drugs? ; Is marijuana safe and effective for treating medical disorders? ; Are all medical uses for marijuana substantiated by research? ; Does marijuana cause cancer? ; Is marijuana addictive? -- Policy considerations. Was marijuana criminalized to protect public health and safety? ; Do most Americans support the criminalization of marijuana? ; Is marijuana use a "gateway" to other illicit drug use or misuse? ; Does marijuana use or misuse increase criminal behavior? ; Is driving under the influence of marijuana safe? ; Are marijuana infractions fairly punished? ; Is treatment for marijuana misuse needed? ; Is treatment for marijuana misuse effective? ; Is marijuana prohibition effective?.Drawing on scientific evidence from medicine, psychology, criminology, and sociology, this book explores the veracity of claims about marijuana use and misuse.
Subjects: Marijuana; Marijuana; Marijuana;
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Domestic abuse and sexual assault in popular culture / by Finley, Laura L.;
"Using historical and current examples from film, television, literature, advertisements, and music, this book reveals the ways that rape and abuse are typically presented--and misrepresented--and evaluates the impact of these depictions on consumers -- Addresses both positive and negative depictions of domestic abuse and sexual assault from recent popular culture, utilizing examples from film, television, literature, music, advertisements, and more -- Presents information that is ideal for undergraduate courses in gender studies, sociology, and psychology as well as communications and popular culture classes -- Utilizes the most current research on dating and domestic and sexual violence to clearly demonstrate the importance of how these issues and crimes are depicted in popular culture -- Provides a comprehensive appendix of additional resources that directs students in investigating the topic further"--1. Beyond Stupid Sluts and Innocent Children: Describing Victims -- 2. Domestic Terrorists and Strangers in the Bushes: Describing Offenders -- 3. Tornados Meeting Volcanoes and Asking for It: Myths about Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault 4. Evil, Ill, or Controlling: Exploring Depictions of Criminological Theory -- 5. Calling the Cops and a Day in Court: Depictions of Criminal Justice Responses -- 6. Getting Over It or Taking Matters into Your Own Hands: Victim and Other Responses -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Films, Documentaries, Popular Books, and Song Lyrics Featuring Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault -- Appendix B: Recommended Resources on Rape, Domestic Violence, and Popular Culture.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Violence in mass media.; Violence in popular culture; Women; Rape in mass media.; Mass media and culture; Crime in popular culture;
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