Introduction to Criminology

Introduction to Criminology

Although this open education resource (OER) is written with the needs and abilities of first-year undergraduate criminology students in mind, it is designed to be flexible. As a whole, the OER is amply broad to serve as the main textbook for an introductory course, yet each chapter is deep enough to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hassan, Shereen (Author), Lett, Dan (Author)
Other Authors: Ballantyne, Leah (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: British Columbia Kwantlen Polytechnic University [2023]
Series:Open textbook library.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Textbooks
Law > Textbooks > United States
Criminal Law > Textbooks
Online Access:Access online version
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Table of Contents:
  • Licensing Info
  • Accessibility Statement
  • For Students: How to Use this Book
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. What is Crime?
  • 2. Typologies and Patterns of Crime
  • 3. Media and Crime
  • 4. Race and Crime
  • 5. Methods and Counting Crime
  • 6. Biological Influences on Criminal Behaviour
  • 7. Psychological Theories of Crime
  • 8. Sociological Theories of Crime
  • 9. Learning Theories
  • 10. Critical Criminology
  • 11. Feminist Criminology
  • 12. Cultural Criminology
  • 13. Green Criminology
  • 14. Victimology
  • 15. Crimes of the Powerful
  • 16. Environmental Criminology
  • 17. Restorative, Transformative Justice
  • Glossary
  • Contributors

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