Criminology: An Interdisciplinary Approach

by Anthony Walsh, Lee Ellis

This unique text offers an interdisciplinary perspective on crime and criminality by integrating the latest theories, concepts, and research from sociology, psychology, and biology. Offering a more complete look at the world of criminology than any other existing text, authors Anthony Walsh and Lee Ellis first present criminological theory and concepts in their traditional form and then show how integrating theory and concepts from the more basic sciences can complement, expand, strengthen, and add coherence to them.

Genres: Textbooks

520 pages, Paperback

First published December 14, 2006

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good intro textbook for undergrads, but I feel like it's a little too sympathetic towards leftist theories. Evolutionary psychology always, mysteriously, gives ground over time to reset itself towards its true origins (sociobiology study group leftists). As was the case with the comparative criminology textbook, I'd say to skip over the serial killer + terror chapters since they take the mainstream academics too seriously.

You're not going to get a better alternative to this, though.