Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context

by Stephen E. Brown, Gilbert Geis

Beginning with the foundations of the discipline, then exploring theories and types of crime, this textbook includes chapters on criminal law, crime statistics, distribution of crime, rational choice theory, biogenic and psychogenic theories, social structure, social process, social reaction theories, violent crime, economic crime, victimless crime, and current issues. A companion study guide includes a summary, key definitions, and brief descriptions of the contributions of major criminologists. The authors teach at East Tennessee State University, the University of Missouri, and the University of California. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, Psychology

670 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great textbook because it offers traditional and contemporary viewpoints of criminology. It examines subjects like law and crime demographics, statistics and crime distribution. Theories of crime such as classical, neoclassical, biogenic and physchogenic. The psychological perspectives are also examined and contrasted with current views and case scenarios. It is well explained and touches specific subjects such as juvenile delinquency while presenting the pros and cons of past and current legislation. It also reaches into social structure, social process and crime types ranging from violent, economic and digital. Perhaps one of the best characteristics of the textbook is that it opens the viewpoint and allows the reader to personalize the content by auto analyzing one's own perspective in contrast to a general population.