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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...
Gendered Crime Pathways
Breanna Boppre
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Gendered Crime PathwaysIntroductionWithin the field of criminology, research has been devoted toward understanding individuals’ pathways into crime, w...
General Opportunity Victimization Theories
Bradford W. Reyns
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2017-11-29
General Opportunity Victimization TheoriesIntroductionSince the latter part of the 1970s, the field of victimology has focused much theoretical attent...
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...
Green Criminology
Nigel South, Avi Brisman, Bill McClanahan
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Green Criminology Introduction In recent years, a strand of criminology explicitly concerned with “green” or natural environmental issues has ...
Halfway Houses
Ayana Conway, Joshua R. Ruffin
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Halfway HousesIntroductionIn 2016 there were a total of 4,537,100 individuals under community supervision in the United States, which equated to 1 in ...
Harm Reduction and Risky Behaviors
Sarah K. S. Shannon
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Harm Reduction and Risky BehaviorsIntroductionHarm reduction is a pragmatic, humanistic approach to high-risk behaviors, such as drug use and sex work...
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...
Hate Crime Legislation
Susann Wiedlitzka
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Hate Crime LegislationIntroductionHate crime is a problem in many countries around the world. Scholars define hate crimes as unlawful conduct directed...
Healthcare Fraud
Paul Jesilow, Bryan Burton
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Healthcare Fraud Introduction Healthcare fraud involves wide-ranging illegal behaviors. It includes such activities as individual physicians w...
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 Crime in the United Kingdom
Paul Knepper
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
History of Crime in the United KingdomIntroductionHistorical study of crime in the United Kingdom encompasses a large literature of books and articles...
History of Criminology
Brendan D. Dooley
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
History of CriminologyIntroductionA comprehensive survey of criminology, in all its variants, manifestations, and historical antecedents, has yet to b...
Homelessness and Crime
Brianna Remster
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2019-03-27
Homelessness and CrimeIntroductionThere is considerable overlap between the homeless and correctional populations in the United States. Individuals wi...
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...
Honor Cultures and Violence
Mark Cooney
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Honor Cultures and Violence Introduction “Honor” means different things to different people at different times. In modern societies, honor ref...
Hot Spots Policing
Tammy Kochel, Seyvan Nouri
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2016-04-28
Hot Spots PolicingIntroductionSince the 1980s, the nature of policing has expanded beyond a person-focused approach to include a location-based approa...
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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