Taking Stock: The Status of Criminological Theory
- ISBN-10
- 0765803100
- ISBN-13
- 9780765803108
- Series
- Taking Stock
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 468
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Transaction Pub
- Authors
- Francis T. Cullen, John Paul Wright, Kristie R. Blevins
Description
Beginning with an assessment of three perspectives that are the core of criminology, this book presents essays that review the status of perspectives that have direct implications for the use of criminological knowledge to control crime. It will be of interest to criminological scholars.
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