Crime and criminology / Jay Livingston.

Author/creator Livingston, Jay
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoUpper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, ©1996.
Descriptionxviii, 590 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects

Cover title Crime & criminology
Contents Common sense and social science--The crime problem--The numbers game: counting crime--Who commits crimes?: Demographic correlates of crime--Violent crimes,Part I: Murder and robbery--Violent crimes, Part II:Women and children--Property crime--Organized crime--White-collar crime--Biological and psychological theories--Sociiological theory to 1960: Opportunities and associates--Sociological theory since 1960:Conflict and control--The police--Courts and rights--Rehabilitation--Deterrence--Incapacitation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 552-572) and indexes.
LCCN 95036406
ISBN0133280063
ISBN9780133280067