Thinking About Criminology /

Thinking About Criminology / / ed. by Simon Holdaway, Paul Rock.

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Thinking about criminology draws together the expertise of respected criminologists from the principle contemporary schools of thought. The book aims to provide a clear analysis of the relationship between sociological theory and contemporary empirical criminological research, discussing the ways in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Christie, Nils,
Downes, David,
Holdaway, Simon,
Jenkins, Richard,
Pease, Ken,
Reiner, Robert,
Rock, Paul,
Shearing, Clifford,
Stanko, Elizabeth A.,
HerausgeberIn:
Holdaway, Simon,
Rock, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1998
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • 1. Thinking about criminology: “Facts are bits of biography”
  • 2. Theorizing - sotto voce
  • 3. Making the invisible visible in criminology: a personal journey
  • 4. Translations and refutations: an analysis of changing perspectives in criminology
  • 5. Copping a plea
  • 6. Back to the future: the predictive value of social theories of delinquency
  • 7. Roots of a perspective
  • 8. From criminology to anthropology? Identity, morality, and normality in the social construction of deviance
  • 9. Obituaries, opportunities and obsessions
  • 10. Thinking about criminology: a reflection on theory within criminology
  • References
  • Index

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