Key Concepts in Crime and Society

Undergraduate students of criminology and the sociology of crime and deviance. INDICE: Section One: Understanding Crime and CriminalityCrime (definition of)Deviance (definition of)Crime in pre-industrial society; crime in modern societies; crime in post-modern societyThe criminal justice systemSocial construction of crime and devianceCrime and theorySocial Control, Governance and GovernmentalityResearching crimeCrime statisticsPrevalence, incidence and incident of crimeRisk from crimeRisk of becoming criminally involved: why do people commit crimeFear and the fear of crimePoverty and exclusionVictims of crimeNormalisationGender and crimeYouth and crimeRace/ethnicity and crimeWhite collar/middle class and corporate class crimeSection Two: Types of Crime and CriminalityHuman trafficking/slaverySex workVictimless crimeDrug related crime and violenceGangsEnvironmental crime and green criminologyRural crimeInternet/cyber crimeState CrimeWar CrimeTerrorismViolence/Interpersonal ViolenceSection 3: Responses to CrimeCrime and the MediaMoral PanicsPolice and PolicingDeterrence and PreventionPunishmentPrisonsRehabilitationAlternatives to Imprisonment

• ISBN: 978-0-85702-256-1
• Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 27/12/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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