Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
Nov 17, 1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0198762143
ISBN-13
9780198762140
Description
This completely revised and updated text is a accessible review of the major sociological theories of crime, delinquency, social deviance, and social control. The book moves chronologically from the "Chicago School" of the 1920s to contemporary work on "Left Realism" and feminist criminology.
Also covered are functionalism, anomie, subculture theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, control theories, and radical criminology.
Also covered are functionalism, anomie, subculture theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, control theories, and radical criminology.
Genres
Mystery
Crime
Contemporary