Tibbetts, Stephen G.

Criminological theory : a text/reader / Stephen G. Tibbetts, California State University, San Bernardino, Craig Hemmens, Washington State University. - Second edition. - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2015. - xxiii, 551 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the book : an overview of issues in criminological theory -- Pre-classical and classical theories of crime -- Modern applications of the classical perspective : deterrence, rational choice -- And routine activities or lifestyle theories of crime -- Early positive school perspectives of criminality -- Modern biosocial perspectives of criminal behavior -- Early social structure and strain theories of crime -- The chicago school and cultural and subcultural theories of crime -- Social process and learning theories of crime -- Social reaction, critical, and feminist models of crime -- Life-course perspectives of criminality -- Integrated theoretical models and new perspectives of crime -- Applying criminological theory to policy.

9781452258157 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Crime.
Criminology.

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