An Introduction to Criminological Theory

by Marilyn McShane (Editor)

Overview

First Published in 1997. This is a book about the different ways in which crime and criminal behaviour has been explained in modern times. It will be seen that there are different explanations - or theories - which have been proposed at various times during the past 200 years by among others legal philosophers, biologists, psychologists, sociologists and political scientists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135632731
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2013
Series:	Criminal Justice: Contemporary Literature in Theory and Practice
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	311
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Roger Hopkins Burke

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: crime and modernity; Part 1 The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour; Chapter 2 Classical criminology; Chapter 3 Populist conservative criminology; Chapter 4 Contemporary rational actor theories; Part 2 The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour; Chapter 5 Biological positivism; Chapter 6 Psychological positivism; Chapter 7 Sociological positivism; Chapter 8 Women and positivism; Part 3 The victimised actor model of crime and criminal behaviour; Chapter 9 Labelling theories; Chapter 10 Conflict and radical theories; Chapter 11 The gendered criminal; Chapter 12 Critical criminology; Part 4 Integrated explanations of crime and criminal behaviour; Chapter 13 Socio-biological theories; Chapter 14 Environmental criminology; Chapter 15 Social control theories; Chapter 16 Left realism; Chapter 17 Conclusion: crime and the postmodern condition;