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Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Lila Kazemian
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Developmental and Life-Course Criminology Introduction Developmental and life-course criminology are both concerned with the study of changes i...
Drug Control
Martin Bouchard, Morena Anamali
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Drug Control Introduction A number of psychoactive substances such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines have been defined as ill...
Drug Trafficking, International
Erik D. Fritsvold
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
International Drug Trafficking Introduction The global illegal drug trade is massive in scope with sweeping consequences for the developed and...
Drugs and Crime
Richard Wright, Scott Jacques
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Drugs and Crime Introduction The relationship between drugs and crime has a long history and is a mainstay of fiction, widely documented in...
Environmental Crime and Justice
Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Environmental Crime and Justice Introduction Traditionally, environmental crime and justice were viewed as issues for researchers working i...
Experimental Criminology
Lorraine Mazerolle, Sarah Bennett
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Experimental Criminology Introduction Experimental criminology is a family of research methods that involves the controlled study of cause and ...
False and Coerced Confessions
Robert J. Norris, Allison Redlich
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
False and Coerced Confessions Introduction In the past two decades, the scholarly interest in and literature on false and coerced confessions h...
Family Violence
Karen Terry
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
Family Violence Introduction Broadly defined, family violence is any form of violent crime committed by a family member. The most common ty...
Fear of Crime and Perceived Risk
Lynn A. Addington
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Fear of Crime and Perceived Risk Introduction Fear of crime constitutes a topic of significant interest for criminologists and has generate...
Feminist Theories
Claire M. Renzetti
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Feminist Theories Introduction Feminist theories are a group of related theories that share several principles in common. First, feminist t...
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...
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