Criminological Controversies: A Methodological Primer / Edition 1

by John L Hagan, A. R. Gillis, David Brownfield, A R Gillis

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:	9780813310848
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	05/31/1996
Series:	Foundations of Social Inquiry Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

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