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Author: Doris Layton MacKenzie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-25
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1317522826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the importance of incorporating both sociological and psychological viewpoints in the understanding of criminal behavior. It identifies and explains emerging criminal offenders within the criminal justice system, examining the individual differences that make different types of offenders unique.
Author: Frank E. Hagan
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 1412964792
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA good introduction to crime types and criminology to provide students with a grounding to the start of their studies.
Author: Wim Bernasco
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 113403010X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur knowledge of crime is based on three types of sources: the criminal justice system, victims, and offenders. For technological and other reasons the criminal justice system produces an increasing stream of information on crime. The rise of the victimization survey has given the victims a much larger role in our study of crime. There is, however, no concomitant development regarding offenders. This is unfortunate because offenders are the experts when it comes to offending.In order to understand criminal behavior, we need their perspective. This is not always a straightforward process, however, and information from offenders is often unreliable. This book is about what we can do to maximise the validity of what offenders tell us about their offending. Renowned experts from various countries present their experiences and insights, with a clear focus on methodological issues of fieldwork among various types of offender populations. Each contribution deals with with a few central issues: How can offenders be motivated to participate in research? How can offenders be motivated to tell the truth on their offending? How can the information that offenders provide be checked and validated? What can we learn from offenders that cannot be accessed from other sources? With the aim of obtaining valid and reliable information, how, where and under which conditions should we observe offenders and talk to them?
Author: Antony Duff
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780199269228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of original essays, by some of the best known contemporary criminal law theorists, tackles a range of issues about the criminal law's 'special part' - the part of the criminal law that defines specific offences. One of its aims is to show the importance, for theory as well as for practice, of focusing on the special part as well as on the general part which usually receives much more theoretical attention. Some of the issues covered concern the proper scope of the criminal law, for example how far should it include offences of possession, or endangerment? If it should punish only wrongful conduct, how can it justly include so-called 'mala prohibita', which are often said to involve conduct that is not wrongful prior to its legal prohibition? Other issues concern the ways in which crimes should be classified. Can we make plausible sense, for instance, of the orthodox distinction between crimes of basic and general intent? Should domestic violence be definedas a distinct offence, distinguished from other kinds of personal violence? Also examined are the ways in which specific offences should be defined, to what extent those definitions should identify distinctive types of wrongs, and the light that such definitional questions throw on the grounds and structures of criminal liability. Such issues are discussed in relation not only to such crimes as murder, rape, theft and other property offences, but also in relation to offences such as bribery, endangerment and possession that have not traditionally been subjects for in depth theoretical analysis.
Author: Jacqueline B. Helfgott
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2008-03-13
Total Pages: 625
ISBN-13: 1412904870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook provides an interdisciplinary overview of theories of crime, explanations of how and why criminal typologies are developed, literature reviews for each of the major crime catagories, and discussions of how theories of crime are used at different stages of the criminal justice process.
Author: William J. Chambliss
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2011-05-03
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1452266441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrime and Criminal Behavior delves into such hotly debated topics as age of consent, euthanasia and assisted suicide, gambling, guns, internet pornography, marijuana and other drug laws, religious convictions, and terrorism and extremism. From using a faking I.D. to assaulting one′s domestic partner to driving drunk, a vast array of behaviors fit into the definition of criminal. The authors of these 20 chapters examine the historical contexts of each topic and offer arguments both for and against the ways in which legislators and courts have defined and responded to criminal behaviors, addressing the sometimes complex policy considerations involved. Sensitive subjects such as hate crimes are addressed, as are crimes carried out by large groups or states, including war crime and corporate crime. This volume also considers crimes that are difficult to prosecute, such as Internet crime and intellectual property crime, and crimes about which there is disagreement as to whether the behavior harms society or the individual involved (gun control and euthanasia, for example). The Series The five brief, issues-based books in SAGE Reference′s Key Issues in Crime & Punishment Series offer examinations of controversial programs, practices, problems or issues from varied perspectives. Volumes correspond to the five central subfields in the Criminal Justice curriculum: Crime & Criminal Behavior, Policing, The Courts, Corrections, and Juvenile Justice. Each volume consists of approximately 20 chapters offering succinct pro/con examinations, and Recommended Readings conclude each chapter, highlighting different approaches to or perspectives on the issue at hand. As a set, these volumes provide perfect reference support for students writing position papers in undergraduate courses spanning the Criminal Justice curriculum. Each title is approximately 350 pages in length.
Author: Emily Baxter (Attorney)
Publisher:
Published: 2017-09-08
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780999209004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne in four people in the US has a criminal record; four in four have a criminal history. These are their stories.We Are All Criminals combines criminal justice statistics and statutes with compelling photography and first-person narrative to personalize the destruction caused by decades of mass criminalization, while leaving the reader with a sense of hope and inspiration to affect change.From the pediatrician who blew up a porta potty to the chiefs of police who burglarized a liquor warehouse to the countless students who smoked and sold pot, this 279 page photo-packed book is filled with stories of people who got away with crimes--and parallel stories of people laboring under the stigma of a criminal record. It's an examination of criminality, privilege, punishment, and second chances. Woven throughout is incisive commentary on the havoc our carceral state has wreaked upon the nation; the disparate impact of our legal system on poor communities and communities of color; and the exploration of innumerable life barriers created by criminal and juvenile records.
Author: Jan M. Chaiken
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780833004543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalysis of self-report and official record data obtained from nearly 2,200 male prison and jail inmates in California, Michigan, and Texas shows that offenders can be usefully classified according to the combinations of crimes they commit. The most serious inmates, those who concurrently commit robbery, assault, and drug dealing, disproportionately commit these defining crimes at high rates. They often commit burglaries, thefts, and other crimes at high rates too--frequently at higher rates than other types of criminals, including those who specialize in those crimes. Unfortunately, information currently available from such sources as official arrest and conviction records do not permit criminal justice officials to distinguish meaningfully between these high-rate, serious offenders and other types. Much better distinctions can be made using potentially available information on key characteristics: multiple drug use, unstable employment, juvenile use of hard drugs, and violence before the age of 16.
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1604136286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys the growth and development of crime and criminal justice, particularly in the United States; examines particular types of crime; and profiles notable examples.
Author: Robert F. Meier
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1984-11
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrime and criminal typologies have not lived up to their 'promises' because criminologists have been unable to agree on the 'best' typology. Meier believes that the time is right to take stock. He has collated articles by ten leading social scientists, who show the great diversity of current criminality. The result is a valuable reference book covering subjects like victimization, criminal careers, theories of criminality, social and legal reactions to kinds of crime, and future research possibilities in criminology. It forms an ideal supplement to textbooks for advanced criminal justice, deviant behaviour, and criminology courses.
