Defining Crime
A Critique of the Concept and Its Implication
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
194 pages
978-1-349-69368-9 (ISBN)
Description
Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity.
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Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-69368-9 (9781349693689)
DOI
10.1057/9781137479358
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Content
1. Concerning the Definition of Crime 2. Let's Think About Crime 3. What is Crime? 4. Crime and Science 5. Crime and the Individual 6. Crime, the Concept versus Its Measurement as a Violation of the Criminal Law 7. Framing a Definition of Crime: Toward the Crime Definition 1.0 8. Concerns with the Explanation of Crime 9. Conclusion