Introducing Criminology

This title describes and analyzes the development of criminology as a discipline, explaining the main approaches and schools of thought, and how these have been applied in practice. It then takes the example of serial murder to demonstrate the way in which criminologists seek to understand crime.

Table des matières

Introduction 1. Crime, the criminal and criminology 2. Offenders and non-offenders: spot the difference? 3. A broader vision of crime 4. Thinking seriously about serial killers 5. Policing and the police: key issues in criminal justice 6. CCTV and crime prevention: questions for criminology 7. Criminology: some concluding thoughts

A propos de l'auteur

Clive Coleman is a Lecturer in Criminology in the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Hull.
Clive Norris is Professor of Sociology, Head of Department, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Criminological Research at Sheffield University.

Résumé

This book answers the basic questions - what is crime? what is criminology?, before examining the ways in which crime has been studied, and looking at the main approaches and schools of thought within criminology and how these have been developed.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Clive Coleman, Clive (formerly Hull University) Coleman, Coleman Clive, Clive Norris, Clive (University of Sheffield Norris, Norris Clive
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781903240106
• ISBN: 978-1-903240-10-6
• Pages: 212
• Poids: 521 g
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie, didactique, méthode; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit pénal, droit de procédure pénale, criminologie; Didaktische Kompetenz und Lehrmethoden, Fachspezifischer Unterricht, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology