This book surveys the major theoretical perspectives in criminology, including biological/physiological theories, psychological/psychiatric theories, and sociological theories of crime. Each chapter in Theories of Crime, Second Edition, provides a balanced overview, examining each theory in the context of ...
criminologylife-course sociologyviolenceCriminology, although relatively in its infancy as a discipline compared to other fields such as psychology, does have a core set of theories for explaining crime and deviance. Nevertheless, only somewhat more recently have criminologists begun to recognize and ...
Presenting a clear, comprehensive review of theoretical thinking on crime, this book encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of classic and contemporary theories and provides an interdisciplinary approach to criminology through the contributions of sociology, psychology and biology. A key text...
Part I: Foundations for Criminology Part II: Theories of Crime Theories of Crime 5 - Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories of Crime 6 - Individual Theories of Crime: Biological and Psychological Perspectives 7 - Social Structure Theories of Crime 8 - Social Process Theories of Crime 9 - Social...
" `Down Home' Criminology: The Place of Indigenous Theories of Crime." Journal of Criminal Justice, (27): 227-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(98)00061-0Willis, C., T.D. Evans, R.L. LaGrange, `Down Home' criminology: The place of indig- enous theories of crime. ...
Criminology is the study of crime and punishment. Psychological theories of crime look at how differences in people's thoughts and feelings can lead to criminal behavior. There are four basic aspects of psychological theories of crime, which say that crime is a result of failures in psychological...
The understanding of epidemiology as the distribution of crime rates across social demographic categories and space has a long history in criminology. The term itself is not often used, and is even less often seen in the literature than previously. However, the epidemiology of crime as seen in ...
Biosocial theories of crime Biosocial criminology is an emerging perspective that highlights the interdependence between genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of antisocial behaviors. However, given that biosocial criminology has only recently gained tr... KM Beaver,A Walsh - Ashgate 被引量:...
Criminology is the study of crime and punishment. Sociological theories of criminology believe that society influences a person to become a criminal. Examples include the social learning theory, which says that people learn criminal behavior from the people around them, and social conflict theory, whi...
Criminology Theories Most people get killed over what is known as the “Code of The Street.” In the movie it shows that their code of the street was revenge. They killed Ricky Doughboy and his friends killed them. It also shows that violence and crime happens all over something petty. ...