Handbook on Crime and Deviance

• 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,
• Subjects: Criminology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences, general.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Sections: History of the Discipline: How the history of criminological thought permeates modern perspectives
• Methodological Issues in Crime Research
• Explanations of Crime
• Applying theory to practice
• Special Topics.