Handbook on Crime and Deviance

This handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the field of criminology at the turn of the 21st century.�It is designed to review the important recent developments in the sociology of crime and deviance, including: History of the Discipline: with an emphasis on the 17th, 18th, and 19th century,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Krohn, Marvin D. (Editor), Lizotte, Alan J. (Editor), Hall, Gina Penly. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
Series:Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0
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