Synopses & Reviews
Think Criminology strives to spark students interest in the fascinating and rapidly changing field of criminology. Designed to promote student learning and stimulate critical thinking, this text demonstrates how understanding criminological theories and differentiating between different types of crime will serve them well as future law enforcement professionals, citizens, and consumers of mass media. Developed for todays generation, Think Criminology effectively guides students through a critical thinking framework to move beyond rote memorization of facts to better understand criminological theory and how it applies to crime. Think Criminology engages students of this generation CRITICALLY and ACTIVELY in the classroom and in their world.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: The Scope of Crime
Chapter 1 Criminology: The Old and the New
Chapter 2 The Measurement of Mis-measurement of Crime
Chapter 3 Victims of Crime
PART TWO: Theories of Crime
Chapter 4 The Classical and Positivist Schools of Criminology
Chapter 5 Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime
Chapter 6 Social Structure and Social Process Theories of Crime
Chapter 7 Developmental and Integrated Theories of Crime
Chapter 8 Conflict and Critical Theories of Crime
PART THREE: Typologies of Crime
Chapter 9 Criminal Offenses against Property
Chapter 10 Criminal Offenses against People
Chapter 11 Organized, Corporate, White-Collar, and Environmental Crime
Chapter 12 Public Order Offenses and Values
PART FOUR: Responding to Crime
Chapter 13 Terrorism
Chapter 14 Criminology, Technology, and Privacy