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Criminology : a contemporary introduction /

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 319 pages : illustrations some color ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529600315
  • 1529600316
  • 9781529600308
  • 1529600308
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 6025 .M87 2023
Contents:
Introducing the landscapes of criminology -- 'Theory' and its uses -- Criminological theory : the causes of crime -- Doing criminological research -- Counting crime -- The politics of law and order -- Offenders and victims -- Media and crime -- Punishment -- Social policy and crime -- Global justice -- Moving towards a harms-based approach.
Summary: "A contemporary, applied, and critical criminology textbook that demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of criminology, and the links between criminological enquiry and wider social and global issues and processes ... conveys the key issues and perspectives within criminology, and it is accompanied by a range of features to support and test student learning in each chapter."--From publisher description.
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Books Murang'a University of Technology Library Law Library HV 6025 .M87 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 032083

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.

Introducing the landscapes of criminology -- 'Theory' and its uses -- Criminological theory : the causes of crime -- Doing criminological research -- Counting crime -- The politics of law and order -- Offenders and victims -- Media and crime -- Punishment -- Social policy and crime -- Global justice -- Moving towards a harms-based approach.

"A contemporary, applied, and critical criminology textbook that demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of criminology, and the links between criminological enquiry and wider social and global issues and processes ... conveys the key issues and perspectives within criminology, and it is accompanied by a range of features to support and test student learning in each chapter."--From publisher description.

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