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Active Offender Research
Scott Jacques
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Active Offender Research Introduction Before criminology became obsessed with quantitative research, many of the field’s insights about crime c...
Airport and Airline Security
Peter Adey
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Airport and Airline Security Introduction The airport is a site where the sorting and effective differentiation of the (global) mobilities of p...
Alcohol Use, Policy and Crime
Robert Nash Parker, Kevin McCaffree
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Alcohol Use, Policy, and Crime Introduction The topic of alcohol use in society is multifaceted and dynamic. Consciousness-altering substance u...
Animals, Crimes Against
Kenna Quinet
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Crimes Against Animals Introduction Why has crime toward animals played a relatively small role in criminology? Why are there no measures of c...
Anomie
Eric P. Baumer
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
Anomie Introduction The term anomie has been widely used for the past several centuries to describe societal conditions. Although it has been...
Biosocial Criminology
John Paul Wright
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Biosocial Criminology Introduction Biological and genetic processes are believed to underlie many of the individual traits associated with ...
Black's Theory of Law and Social Control
Bradley Campbell
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Black’s Theory of Law and Social Control Introduction Developed by Donald Black and since extended and applied to various subjects by a number ...
Boot Camps and Shock Incarceration Programs
Ojmarrh Mitchell, Fawn T. Ngo
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Boot Camps and Shock Incarceration Programs Introduction Correctional boot camps, also known as “shock incarceration” programs, are correctional ...
Burglary, Residential
Trevor Bennett
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Residential Burglary Introduction In the United Kingdom and the United States and in several other countries in the Western world, residential ...
Capital Punishment
Richard Rosenfeld
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Capital Punishment Introduction The death penalty is one of the most contentious issues in criminology and public policy, especially in the...
Chicago School of Criminology, The
Robert J. Bursik
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
The Chicago School of Criminology Introduction As used in this presentation, the traditional Chicago School of Criminology refers to work cond...
Community Change and Crime
John Hipp, Alyssa Whitby Chamberlain
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Community Change and Crime Introduction Community change and crime employs a dynamic perspective, linking ecological changes to changes in crim...
Community Corrections
Beth M. Huebner
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Community Corrections Introduction Most offenders under correctional supervision reside in the community. Community corrections includes a broa...
Community Disadvantage and Crime
Robert J. Fornango
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Community Disadvantage and Crime Introduction The literature on community disadvantage and crime covers a broad spectrum of topics. At the heart ...
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
Philip Reichel
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems Introduction Research on comparative criminal justice systems focuses on the various ways political units ...
Control Balance Theory
Theodore R. Curry
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Control Balance Theory Introduction Control balance is an original theory of deviant behavior developed by Charles R. Tittle, who presented th...
Costs of Crime and Justice
Mark Cohen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Costs of Crime and Justice Introduction Estimating the costs of crime and justice is a useful exercise for many different reasons. Just knowing...
Courts, Problem-Solving
Eric J. Miller
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Problem-Solving Courts Introduction Problem-solving courts are a recent and increasingly widespread alternative to traditional models of case m...
Crime Control Policy
Thomas G. Blomberg
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Crime Control Policy Introduction The literature on crime control policy has developed from several areas of study. Included among these areas ...
Crime Prevention, Situational
Martha J. Smith
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Situational Crime Prevention Introduction Situational crime prevention (SCP) seeks to reduce the number of crime events by focusing on limiting...
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