Real Criminology

A fresh, contemporary, multidisciplinary approach for the Introduction to Criminology course

Sommario

• Part 1: THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CRIME


• Chapter 1: Crime and Criminology


• 1.1: Crime, Law, and Justice


• 1.1.1:. Classifications of Crime


• 1.1.2: The Evolution of Crime


• 1.1.3: Criminal Justice


• 1.2: Criminology


• 1.2.1: What Do Criminologists Do?


• 1.2.2: Theories of Crime


• 1.2.3: Cybercriminology


• 1.3: Critiques and Implications of Crime, Law, Justice, and Criminology


• Case Study: Don't F**k With Cats


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Chapter 2: Measuring Crime


• 2.1: Reporting and Measuring Crime


• 2.1.1: Uniform Crime Reporting Program


• 2.1.2: National Incident Based Reporting System


• 2.1.3: National Crime Victimization Survey


• 2.1.4: Self-Report Surveys


• 2.1.5: International Crime Measurement Tools


• 2.2: The Dark Figure of Crime


• 2.3: Cybercrime Measurement


• 2.4: Critiques and Implications of Crime Measurement Tools


• Case Study: Evaluating Crime Measurement Tools


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Chapter 3: Victims and Victimization


• 3.1: The Impacts of Victimization


• 3.1.1: Direct Costs


• 3.1.2: Indirect Costs


• 3.2: Victims' Attributes


• 3.2.1: Demographics


• 3.2.2: Victim-Offender Relationship and Race/Ethnicity


• 3.2.3: Repeat Victimization


• 3.3: Victimization Theories


• 3.3.1: Victim Precipitation Theory


• 3.3.2: Lifestyle Exposure Theory


• 3.3.3: Routine Activity Theory


• 3.3.4: Critiques and Implications of Victimization Theories


• 3.4: Victim Blaming and Secondary Victimization


• 3.4.1: Explanations of Victim-Blaming Behavior


• 3.4.2: Rape Myths


• 3.4.3: Secondary Victimization


• 3.5: Victims' Rights


• 3.5.1: Campaigns for Women's Rights


• 3.5.2: The Crime Victims' Rights Act


• 3.5.3: Victim Services


• 3.5.4: Victim Impact Statements


• Case Study: Applying Victimization Theory to Child Sexual Assault


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Part 2: CRIME CAUSATION AND REDUCTION


• Chapter 4: Rational Choice Theory


• 4.1: The Idea of Crime as a Rational Choice


• 4.1.1: The Classical School of Criminology


• 4.1.2: Components of Rational Choice Theory


• 4.2: Responding to Crime


• 4.2.1: Retribution


• 4.2.2: Deterrence


• 4.2.3: Incapacitation


• 4.2.4: Rehabilitation


• 4.3: Reducing Crime


• 4.3.1: International Cooperation


• 4.3.2: Situational Crime Prevention


• 4.3.3: Displacement


• 4.3.4: Commodification of Security


• 4.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories


• Case Study: Applying Rational Choice Theory to Terrorism


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Chapter 5: Trait Theories: Biological and Psychological Predisposition


• 5.1: The Positivist School and Trait Theories


• 5.2: Biological Trait Theories: Criminals Are Born, Not Made


• 5.2.1: Physiological Characteristics


• 5.2.2: Evolution


• 5.2.3: Biochemical Influences


• 5.2.4: Neurological Influences


• 5.3: Psychological Theories: The New Positivists


• 5.3.1: Intelligence


• 5.3.2: Mental Disorders


• 5.3.3: Personality Theories


• 5.3.4: Emotions


• 5.3.5: Psychoanalytical Theories


• 5.3.6: Attachment Theory


• 5.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories


• Case Study: Applying Trait Theories to Mass Murder


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Chapter 6: Social Structure Theories: Crime, Culture and Inequality


• 6.1: Social Structure Theories


• 6.1.1: Chicago School of Criminology


• Human Ecology and Concentric Zones


• Social Disorganization Theory


• Hot Spots, Crime Mapping, and Deviant Places


• Social Capital and Collective Efficacy


• Broken Windows Theory


• 6.2: Strain Theories


• 6.2.1: Anomie: Concept and Theory


• 6.2.2: Relative Deprivation Theory


• 6.2.3: Institutional Anomie Theory


• 6.2.4: General Strain Theory


• Sources and Management of Strain


• 6.3: Cultural Deviance Theories


• 6.3.1: Theory of Delinquent Subcultures


• 6.3.2: Theory of Differential Opportunity


• 6.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories


• Case Study: Applying Social Structure Theory to Fraud


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Chapter 7: Social Process Theories: Conformity, Learning, and Sources of Social Control


• 7.1: Controlling Criminality


• 7.2: Learning Criminality


• 7.3: Neutralizing Offenses


• 7.4: Moral Disengagement


• 7.5: Developmental and Life Course Criminology


• 7.5.1: Latent Trait Perspective


• Control Balance Theory


• General Theory of Crime


• 7.5.2: Life Course Perspective


• 7.6: Critiques and Implications of Theories


• Case Study: Applying Social Process Theories to Involuntary Manslaughter


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Chapter 8: Labeling and Moral Panics: Constructing and Reacting to Crime


• 8.1: The Label of Deviant or Criminal


• 8.1.1: Crime as Theater


• 8.1.2: Crime Through the Lens of Social Psychology


• 8.1.3: Implications of the Deviant or Criminal Label


• 8.2: Shaming and Sanctions


• 8.2.1: Reintegrative and Disintegrative Shaming


• 8.2.2: Public Shaming


• 8.2.3: Online Shaming and Trial by Internet


• 8.2.4: Shaming Sanctions


• 8.2.5: Defiance Theory


• 8.3: Moral Panics and Social Contagion


• 8.3.1: Moral Panics


• 8.3.2: Social Contagion


• 8.3.3: Theories and Perspectives on Moral Panics


• 8.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories


• Case Study: Applying Moral Panics to Comic Books


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Chapter 9: Conflict Criminology: Effects of Class, Power, Gender, and Race


• 9.1: Introducing Conflict Theories


• 9.2: Types of Conflict Criminology


• 9.2.1: Radical Criminology


• 9.2.2: Left Realism


• 9.2.3: Peacemaking Criminology


• 9.2.4: Feminist Criminology


• Women and Criminological Theory


• Gendered Perspectives on Crime


• 9.2.5: Race and Crime


• 9.3: Critiques and Implications


• Case Study: Applying Conflict Criminology to the Criminal Justice System's Responses to Racial Minorities


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Part 3: CRIME TYPOLOGIES


• Chapter 10: Antisocial Behavior and Interpersonal Crime


• 10.1: Criminal Antisocial Behavior


• 10.1.1: Trolling


• 10.1.2: Bullying


• 10.1.3: Harassment


• 10.1.4: Stalking


• 10.2: Family and Intimate Partner Violence


• 10.2.1: Domestic Violence


• 10.2.2: Marital and Intimate Partner Rape


• 10.2.3: Murder


• 10.2.4: Child Maltreatment


• 10.2.5: Elder Abuse


• 10.2.6: Honor Killings


• 10.3: Community Violence


• 10.3.1: Assault


• 10.3.2: Robbery


• 10.3.3: Sexual Abuse


• 10.3.4: Mass, Spree, and Serial Murder


• 10.3.5: Hate Crime


• 10.3.6: Active Shooting


• Workplace Violence


• School Shooting


• 10.4: Controlling Antisocial Behavior and Interpersonal Crime


• Challenging Your Assumptions


• Case Study: Controlling Active Shooter Incidents


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Endnotes


• Chapter 11: Property Crime and White-Collar Crime


• 11.1: Property Crime


• 11.1.1: Larceny-Theft


• 11.1.2: Trespass


• 11.1.3: Vandalism


• 11.1.4: Burglary


• 11.1.5: Shoplifting


• 11.1.6: Motor Vehicle Theft


• 11.1.7: Arson


• 11.1.8: Identity Theft


• 11.1.9: Intellectual Property Theft


• 11.1.10: Fraud


• Bank Fraud


• Phishing


• Advance Fee Fraud


• Catfishing


• 11.1.11: Extortion


• 11.2: White-Collar Crime


• 11.2.1: Bribery and Public Corruption


• 11.2.2: Securities Fraud


• 11.2.3: Insider Trading


• 11.2.4: Bankruptcy Fraud


• 11.2.5: Insurance Fraud


• 11.2.6: Healthcare Fraud


• 11.3: Controlling Property Crime and White-Collar Crime


• Case Study: Applying Techniques to Prevent White-Collar Crime


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes


• Chapter 12: Deviant Acts and Public Order Crimes: Paraphilia, Sex Work, Drug Use, and Gambling


• 12.1: The Relationship Between Law and Morality


• 12.2: Deviance


• 12.3: Public Order Crimes


• 12.3.1: Sex Work


• The Impacts Associated with the Sex Work


• Sex Work and the Law


• 12.3.2: Drug Use and Crime


• Substance Abuse


• Prescription Drugs and the Law


• 12.3.3: Gambling


• Addiction


• Gambling and the Law


• Sports Betting


• Internet Gambling


• 12.4: Controlling Deviance and Public Order Crimes


• Case Study: Sugaring


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Endnotes


• Chapter 13: Transnational Organized Crime


• 13.3: Organized Crime


• 13.3.1: Group Structure


• 13.3.2: Criminal Activities


• Money Laundering


• Cybercrime


• 3.4: Trafficking in Persons


• 13.2.1: Sex Trafficking


• 13.2.2: Labor Trafficking


• 13.2.3: Organ Trafficking


• 13.3: Human Smuggling


• 13.4: Drugs Trafficking


• 13.5: Firearms Trafficking


• 13.6: Cigarette Trafficking


• 13.7: Precious Metals and Gemstones Trafficking


• 13.8: Cultural Property Trafficking


• 13.9: Environmental Crime


• 13.9.1: Wildlife Crime


• 13.9.2: Pollution Crime


• 13.10: Controlling Transnational Organized Crime and Cybercrime


• Case Study: Controlling Wildlife Crime


• Check Your Understanding


• Key Terms


• Definitions


• Endnotes

Info autore

Marie-Helen Maras is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Riassunto

A fresh, contemporary, multidisciplinary approach for the Introduction to Criminology course

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maras, Helen-Marie Maras, Marie-Helen Maras
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9780190904029
• ISBN: 978-0-19-090402-9
• Pagine: 416
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; EDUCATION / General, Social services & welfare, criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law