Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction

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The fifth edition of Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction offers students a clear, contemporary, and comprehensive introduction to criminology that encourages critical thinking about the causes of crime and crime prevention strategies. The text's hallmark thematic approach of social problems versus social responsibility (is crime a matter of individual responsibility or a symptom of a dysfunctional society?) prompts students to think critically about the causes of crime and helps them see the link between crime theories and crime policies. Part One The Crime Picture Chapter 1 | What Is Criminology? 1 Chapter 2 | Where Do Theories Come From? 27 Part two Crime Causation Chapter 3 | Classical and Neoclassical Thought 53 Chapter 4 | Early Biological Perspectives on Criminal Behavior 81 Chapter 5 | Biosocial and other Contemporary Perspectives 99 Chapter 6 | Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior 127 Part three Crime Causation Revisited Chapter 7 | Social Structure Theories 157 Chapter 8 | Theories of Social Process and Social Development 183 Chapter 9 | Social Conflict Theories 219 Part Four Crime in the Modern World Chapter 10 | Criminal victimization 245 Chapter 11 | Crimes against Persons 273 Chapter 12 | Crimes against Property 311 Chapter 13 | White-Collar and organized Crime 335 Chapter 14 | Drug and Sex Crimes 363 Chapter 15 | Technology and Crime 387 Chapter 16 | Globalization and Terrorism 409 Epilogue Future Directions