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Toward a Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and Society (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law Series)
Robert Agnew
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Description for Toward a Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and Society (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law Series)
Paperback. Provides an overview and evaluation of the underlying assumptions of criminology Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Why do people commit crimes? How do we control crime? The theories that criminologists use to answer these questions are built on a number of underlying assumptions, including those about the nature of crime, free will, human nature, and society. These assumptions have a fundamental impact on criminology: they largely determine what criminologists study, the causes they examine, the control strategies they recommend, and how they test their theories and evaluate crime-control strategies.
In Toward a Unified Criminology, noted criminologist Robert Agnew provides a critical examination of these assumptions, drawing on a range of research and perspectives to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814705094
SKU
V9780814705094
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About Robert Agnew
Robert Agnew is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology at Emory University and President Elect of the American Society of Criminology. He is also the author of many books, including Criminological Theory: Past to Present; Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Stain Theory; and Why Do Criminals Offend? A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency.
Reviews for Toward a Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and Society (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law Series)
"A brilliant and consequential treatise
a contemporary classic. For those with the courage to rethink the criminological enterprise, this is a must read." Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Criminological Theory "Agnew has elegantly captured the assumptions, insights, predictions, and evidence of the various theories, summarized several literatures, and initiated the process of developing a general and unified theory of crime." Alex ... Read more
a contemporary classic. For those with the courage to rethink the criminological enterprise, this is a must read." Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Criminological Theory "Agnew has elegantly captured the assumptions, insights, predictions, and evidence of the various theories, summarized several literatures, and initiated the process of developing a general and unified theory of crime." Alex ... Read more