Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal BehaviorIntroduction to Criminology, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive introduction to the study of criminology and includes oneachapter on the criminal justice system. It aims to avoid an overly legal and crime control orientation and instead concentrates on the vital core of criminological theory--theory, method, and criminal behavior. Hagan investigates all forms of criminal activity, such as organized crime, white collar crime, political crime, and environmental crime. He explains the methods of operation, the effects on society, and how various theories account for criminal behavior. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Consensus vs Conflict Model of Law | 12 |
Research Methods in Criminology | 23 |
Surveys | 41 |
General Characteristics of Crime and Criminals | 57 |
Age and Crime | 66 |
Race and Crime | 73 |
Early and Classical Criminological Theories | 93 |
Violent Crime | 207 |
Occasional Conventional and Professional | 251 |
Occupational and Corporate | 297 |
Occupational Crime | 308 |
Political Crime | 355 |
The Order | 382 |
Organized Crime | 391 |
The Nature of Organized Crime | 405 |
Ecological Theory | 106 |
Biological and Psychological | 117 |
Sociological Mainstream Theories | 145 |
Sutherlands Theory of Differential Association | 158 |
Sociological Critical Theories and Integrated Theories | 175 |
Conflict Criminology | 181 |
American Sentencing and Corrections | 187 |
Selected Readings | 432 |
PublicOrder Crime | 433 |
An Overview | 461 |
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