Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 5e is a clear, contemporary
and comprehensive introduction to the study of criminology.
Offering a thematic approach that contrasts the social responsibility and
social problems approaches to crime theory, the book encourages students to think
critically about the causes of crime. Completely up to date, this new edition addresses
the question of how security & freedom interface in an age of increasing globalism.
Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 5e introduces students to the exciting
field of criminology in the 21st century.
Table of Contents
PART 1 The Crime Picture
Chapter 1 What Is Criminology?
Chapter 2 Patterns of Crime
Chapter 3 Research Methods and Theory Development
Part 2 Crime Causation
Chapter 4 Classical and Neoclassical Thought
Chapter 5 Biological Roots of Criminal Behavior
Chapter 6 Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior
Part 3 Crime Causation Revisited
Chapter 7 Sociological Theories I: Social Structure
Chapter 8 Sociological Theories II: Social Process and Social Development
Chapter 9 Sociological Theories III: Social Conflict
Part 4 Crime in the Modern World
Chapter 10 Crimes against Persons
Chapter 11 Crimes against Property
Chapter 12 White-Collar and Organized Crime
Chapter 13 Drug Abuse and Crime
Chapter 14 Technology and Crime
Part 5 Responding to Criminal Behavior
Chapter 15 Criminology and Social Policy
Chapter 16 Future Directions
720 pages, Paperback