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Firearms and Violence
Ramiro Martinez
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Firearms and Violence Introduction The study of firearms and violence usually involves research on gun-use differences in crime patterns or...
Gangs, Peers, and Co-offending
Terrance J. Taylor
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Gangs, Peers, and Co-Offending Introduction Gangs and peers have received considerable attention from both researchers and practitioners. L...
Gender and Crime
Sally S. Simpson
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Gender and Crime Introduction In Western cultures, gender and crime, as a subject of intellectual curiosity, did not gain much attention un...
Genetics, Environment, and Crime
Kevin Beaver
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
Genetics, Environment, and Crime Introduction The field of criminology has been guided by theories that emphasize the role of social factor...
Hate Crime
Lynn A. Addington
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Hate Crime Introduction The term “hate crime” is relatively new; it was coined in the mid-1980s to identify crimes motivated by bias against th...
Hirschi, Travis
Trina Hope
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Travis Hirschi Introduction Travis Hirschi was born on 15 April 1935, in Rockville, Utah. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology and his...
History of Police
Peter Neyroud
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
History of Police Introduction “Police history” predates the evolution of the “police” as a permanent occupational group within a bureaucratic...
Homicide
Marc Riedel
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Homicide Introduction Homicide is one of the oldest moral and legal prohibitions, viewed throughout history from a large variety of perspective...
Homicide Victimization
Marc Riedel, Gwen Hunnicutt
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Homicide Victimization Introduction Beginning with a legal definition, the 8th edition of Black’s Law Dictionary defines homicide as the killin...
Human Rights
Jay S. Albanese
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Human Rights Introduction The concept of human rights is an old idea, but its application to criminology and criminal justice is fairly new. Hu...
Human Trafficking
Amy Farrell
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Human Trafficking Introduction Slavery has been illegal in most nations for over a century. Despite the existence of legal prohibitions, advoca...
Identity Theft
Heith Copes, Anastasia Brown
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Identity Theft Introduction No precise definition of identity theft exists, but most agree that it occurs when someone misuses another individ...
Immigration, Crime, and Justice
Ramiro Martinez
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Immigration, Crime, and Justice Introduction The study of immigration, crime, and justice broadly involves research on the effects of immig...
Incarceration, Mass
Christopher Wildeman
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Mass Incarceration Introduction Whether called mass incarceration, mass imprisonment, the prison boom, the carceral state, or hyperincarceratio...
Institutional Anomie Theory
Jukka Savolainen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Institutional Anomie Theory Introduction As a distinct explanatory framework, institutional anomie theory emerged in criminology in the mid-199...
Integrated Theory
Del Elliot
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Integrated Theory Introduction Integrated theories are theories that combine the concepts and central propositions from two or more prior exis...
Interpersonal Violence, Historical Patterns of
Rosemary Gartner
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Historical Patterns of Interpersonal Violence Introduction A number of definitions of violence have been proposed by scholars, but probably the...
Investigation, Criminal
Richard Ward
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Criminal Investigation Introduction Criminal investigation as a discipline within the fields of law enforcement (criminal justice) that focuses...
Juvenile Delinquency
Terrance J. Taylor
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Juvenile Delinquency Introduction Juvenile delinquency has received substantial recognition as a pressing social problem. What is encompassed b...
Juvenile Justice System, The
Terrance J. Taylor
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
The Juvenile Justice System Introduction The American juvenile justice system is an often-misunderstood component of our justice system. Develo...
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