Key Concepts in Crime and Society (Sage Key Concepts series) - Couverture souple

Coomber, Ross; Donnermeyer, Joseph F.; McElrath, Karen; Scott, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0857022563 ISBN 13 : 9780857022561

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

The four authors of this concise volume provide an authoritative introduction to diverse key concepts about crime and its relationship to society. Each chapter starts with a definition (e.g., deviance, social control, normalization), providing readers with the vocabulary and conceptual framework for fully understanding chapter contents... a very good way to expose students and the public (and scholars from outside fields) to definitions, ideas, and theories of crime and society.
- K. Evans, Indiana State University, Choice

Key Concepts in Crime and Society offers an authoritative introduction to key issues in the area of crime as it connects to society. By providing critical insight into the key issues within each concept as well as highlighted cross-references to other key concepts, students will be helped to grasp a clear understanding of each of the topics covered and how they relate to broader areas of crime and criminality. The book is divided into three parts:

• Understanding Crime and Criminality: introduces topics such as the social construction of crime and deviance, social control, the fear of crime, poverty and exclusion, white collar crime, victims of crime, race/gender and crime.
• Types of Crime and Criminality: explores examples including human trafficking, sex work, drug crime, environmental crime, cyber crime, war crime, terrorism, and interpersonal violence.
• Responses to Crime: looks at areas such as crime and the media, policing, moral panics, deterrence, prisons and rehabilitation.

The book provides an up-to-date, critical understanding on a wide range of crime related topics covering the major concepts students are likely to encounter within the fields of sociology, criminology and across the social sciences.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Professor Ross Coomber is teaches Criminology at Griffith University, Australia.

Professor Karen McElrath is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Fayetteville State University.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

An authoritative introduction to key issues in the area of crime as it connects to society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857022563
• ISBN 13: 9780857022561
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 183
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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