NCJ Number
185623
Date Published
1998
Length
346 pages
Annotation
This textbook presents an integrative, interdisciplinary approach to understanding crime and social control.
Abstract
The book is divided into three major parts, each with four chapters. The first four chapters introduce the integrative perspective and the various ways of defining criminology and crime; provide a comparative examination of both crime and the measurement of crime; discuss the historical development and relationship between punishment and criminology since the Enlightenment period; and examine the theoretical implications of the development of criminological inquiry. Chapters 5 through 8 cover the biological, psychological, sociological, legal and economic contributions to the study of crime and justice. Chapter 9 provides an overview and critique of integrating criminological theories. Chapter 10 initiates a post-postmodern synthesis for integrating the diverse bodies of criminological knowledge. Chapters 11 and 12 incorporate contributions from cultural, media, gender, and racial/ethnic studies in order to illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of crime production and the interdisciplinary approach to crime reduction. Each chapter includes discussion questions. Tables, figures, references, boxes, glossary, indexes