Watts, Rob.

International criminology : a critical introduction / Rob Watts, Judith Bessant and Richard Hil. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - 268 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-259) and index.

What is crime? How criminologists think about crime -- The origins of modern criminology -- The consolidation of modern criminology -- Dissenting criminology -- A guide to reading and thinking about criminology -- Explaining crime : unemployment and crime -- Explaining crime : crime and the family -- Criminology and the lure of crime prevention -- Victims and victimology -- Critical absences : criminology and corporate crime -- Critical absences : criminology and crimes of the state -- Conclusion : towards a reflexive criminology.

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Crime.
Criminology.

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