Defining Crime: A Critique of the Concept and Its Implication
- ISBN-10
- 1137479353
- ISBN-13
- 9781137479358
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 194
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-04-29
- Publisher
- Springer
- Authors
- M. Lynch, P. Stretesky, M. Long
Description
Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity.
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- 2015-07-16
- 204 pages
- Paperback
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- 2014-01-14
- 194 pages
- Paperback
- Palgrave Macmillan
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