Criminological Controversies: A Methodological Primer

by John L Hagan

Overview

This book is about how to study crime. It addresses the controversies in crime as a means of developing answers and of contributing to the resolution of disputes and as a means of introducing and explaining basic methods of a social science of crime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429980855
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/19/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John L Hagan, David Brownfield, A R Gillis

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Fact of the Matter… -- The Class and Crime Controversy -- Testing Propositions About Gender and Crime -- Urbanization, Sociohistorical Context, and Crime -- Initial and Subsequent Effects of Policing on Crime -- Subcultural Theories of Crime and Delinquency -- The Drugs and Crime Connection and Offense Specialization -- Epilogue: Toward a Science of Crime -- About the Book and Authors