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Covering the full range of criminal behavior from street crime to suite crime, Crime Types and Criminals provides an in-depth examination of the different types of crime and criminals, including violent crime, occasional and conventional property crime, professional crime, occupational and corporate crime, organized crime, political crime, and public order crime. Author Frank Hagan includes a unique one-chapter treatment of criminological theory as well as full chapters on topics often ignored in other texts such as computer crime and the future of crime. Key Features

Provides a comparative perspective with sections on international variations in crime, such as "How does the U.S. compare with the rest of the world with respect to crime?" Includes a chapter on violence that gives full coverage of domestic violence, murder, rape, robbery, and school and workplace violence Examines both occupational crime and corporate crime in the chapter on white-collar crime Features topics long neglected in criminology texts--including assassins, spies, and government crime Offers Crime Typesboxes that define and describe in detail the many different types of crime Crime Files in each chapter highlight specific criminal activity, such as the FBI′s Ten Most Wanted; Crimes of the Twentieth Century; the Virginia Tech Massacre; Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests; the Secret Service Study of School Shooters; the Bogeyman: Online Sexual Predators; Pirates of the Internet; the DC Snipers, BTK Killer, and Red Lake Massacre; White House Crimes and Scandal; and many more Includes a wide range of photos to visually illustrate key concepts--including historical figures and events, international crime rings, and recent high profile criminals and events

Crime Types and Criminalscan be used as both a stand-alone and supplementary text in courses such as Introduction to Criminology, Crime Typologies, Criminal Behavior, Crime and Society, Deviant Behavior, Crime Profiling, and many other seminars within the criminology and criminal justice disciplines.

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• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Criminology
• Fads and Fashions in Crime
• The Emergence of Criminology
• Crime and Deviance
• Sumner's Types of Norms
• Mala in Se and Mala Prohibita
• Social Change and the Emergence of Law
• Consensus vs. Conflict Model of Law
• Crime and Criminal Law
• Who Defines Crime? Criminological Definitions of Crime
• The Crime Problem
• The Cost of Crime
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 2 General Characteristics of Crime and Criminals
• Caution in Interpreting Crime Data
• International Variations in Crime
• The Prevalence of Crime
• Trends in Crime
• Age and Crime
• Gender Differences in Criminality
• Social Class and Crime
• Race and Crime
• Regional Variation in Crime
• Urban/Rural Differences
• Institutions and Crime
• The Family and Crime
• Education and Crime
• Religion and Crime
• War and Crime
• Economy and Crime
• Mass Media and Crime
• Criminal Typologies
• A Critique of Typologies
• A Defense of Typologies
• Criminal Behavior Systems
• Theoretical Range and Criminological Explanation
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 3 An Overview of Theory in Criminology
• Theory
• Major Theoretical Approaches
• Demonological Theory
• Classical and Neo-Classical Theory
• Ecological Theory
• Forerunners of Modern Criminological Thought
• Economic Theory
• Biological Theory
• Psychological Theory
• Mainstream Sociological Theory
• Critical Sociological Theory
• Integrated Theories of Crime
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 4 Violent Crime
• History of Violence in the United States
• Murder and Mayhem
• Types of Murders: Multicide
• Victim Precipitation
• Typology of Violent Offenders
• Legal Aspects
• Homicide and Assault Statistics
• Patterns and Trends in Violent Crime
• Workplace Violence
• School Violence
• Guns
• Sexual Assault
• Acquaintance Rape
• Amir vs. Brownmiller
• Rape as a Violent Act
• Sexual Harassment
• Robbery
• Conklin's Typology of Robbers
• Domestic Violence
• Child Abuse
• Spouse Abuse
• Elder Abuse
• Kidnapping
• Criminal Careers of Violent Offenders
• Culture of Violence
• Subculture of Violence
• Career Criminals/Violent Predators
• Societal Reaction
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 5 Property Crime: Occasional, Conventional and Professional
• Introduction
• Occasional Property Crimes
• Shoplifting
• Vandalism
• Motor Vehicle Theft
• Check Forgery
• Conventional Property Crimes
• Burglary
• Fencing Operations
• Stings
• Larceny/Theft
• Arson -- A Special-Category Offense
• Criminal Careers of Occasional and Conventional Property Criminals
• Societal Reaction
• Professional Crime
• The Concept of "Professional Crime"
• Characteristics of Professional Crime
• Argot
• A Model of Professional Crime
• Edelhertz's Typology
• Scams
• Big Cons
• Maurer's The Big Con
• Identity Theft
• Ponzi Schemes
• Pyramid Schemes
• Religious Cons
• Boosters
• Cannons
• Professional Burglars
• The Box Man
• The Professional Fence
• Paper Hangers
• Professional Robbers
• Professional Arsonists
• Professional Auto Theft Rings
• Professional Killers
• Criminal Careers of Professionals
• Societal Reaction
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 6 White Collar Crime: Occupational and Corporate
• White Collar Crime -- The Classic Statement
• Related Concepts
• The Measurement and Cost of Occupational and Corporate Crime
• The History of Corporate, Organizational, and Occupational Crime
• Legal Regulation
• Occupations and the Law
• Organizations and the Law
• Occupational Crime
• Crimes by Employees
• Crimes by Employees Against Individuals (the Public)
• Crimes by Employees Against Employees
• Crimes by Employees Against Organizations
• Crimes by Individuals (or Members of Occupations)
• Corporate Crime
• Crimes by Organizations/Corporations Against Individuals (the Public)
• Crimes by Organizations Against Employees
• Crimes by Organizations (Corporations) Against Organizations
• Criminal Careers of Occupational and Organizational Offenders
• Societal Reaction
• Why the Leniency in Punishment?
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 7 Political Crime and Terrorism
• Ideology
• Political Crime: A Definition
• Legal Aspects
• The Nuremburg Principle
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• International Law
• Crimes by Government
• Secret Police
• Human Rights Violations
• Genocide
• Crimes by Police
• Illegal Surveillance, Disruption, and Experiments
• Scandal
• Crimes Against Government
• Protest and Dissent
• Assassination
• Espionage
• Political "Whistleblowing"
• Terrorism
• The Oklahoma City Bombing
• Criminal Careers of Political Criminals
• The Doctrine of Raison d'État
• Terrorism and Social Policy
• Societal Reaction
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 8 Organized Crime
• Organized Crime: A Problematic Definition
• Sources of Information on Organized Crime
• Types of Organized Crime (Generic Definitions)
• The Organized Crime Continuum
• Street Gangs
• International Organized Crime
• Yakuza
• Chinese Triad Societies
• Russian Organized Crime
• The Nature of Organized Crime
• Ethnicity and Organized Crime
• Money Laundering
• Drug Trafficking
• Colombian Cartels
• The Underground Empire
• Theories of the Nature of Syndicate Crime in the United States
• The Cosa Nostra Theory (The Cressey Model)
• The Patron Theory (The Albini Model)
• The Italian-American Syndicate (LAS)
• The Classic Pattern of Organized Crime
• Strategic and Tactical Crimes
• Illegal Businesses and Activities
• Big Business and Government
• A Brief History of Organized Crime in the United States
• Before 1930
• The Luciano Period
• The Genovese Period
• The Appalachian Meetings
• The Gambino Period
• The Commission Trials
• Other Developments
• Criminal Careers of Organized Criminals
• Public and Legal Reaction
• Drug Control Strategies
• Investigative Procedures
• Laws and Organized Crime
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 9 Public Order Crime
• Introduction
• Nuts, Guts, Sluts, and "Preverts"
• Broken Windows
• Prostitution
• Types of Prostitution
• Massage Parlors
• Johns
• Underaged Prostitutes
• Homosexual Behavior
• Sexual Offenses
• Paraphilia
• Nonvictimless Sexual Offenses
• Sexual Predators
• Characteristics of Sex Offenders
• Drug Abuse
• Drugs and History
• Drug Use in the United States: The Drug Dip?
• Drug Abuse and Crime
• Drunkenness
• The Prohibition Experiment
• Special Populations
• Societal Reaction
• Overcriminalization
• Decriminalization
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions
• Chapter 10 Computer Crime and the Future of Crime
• Computer Crime
• Types of Computer Crime
• Argot of Computer Crime
• Online Predators
• Cyberterrorism
• The Future of Crime
• Predicting the Future of Crime: Methods
• Other Crime Predictions
• Crimewarps
• The Future of Digital Crime
• Other Predictions
• British Home Office Predictions
• Summary
• Key Concepts
• Review Questions

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Frank E. Hagan,Ph.D.is the Dean of Graduate Studies at Mercyhurst College and Director of the Graduate Program in the Administration of Justice. He is the author of seven books plus the first edition of Essentials of Research Methods (1stedition). These are Deviance and the Family ( with Marvin B. Sussman), Introduction to Criminology (5thedition), Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology (7thedition), Political Crime, White Collar Deviance (with David Simon) and The Language of Research (with Pamela Tontodonato).

He is also the author or coauthor of many journal articles and articles in edited volumes. A recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Fellow Award (2000), he was also awarded The Teacher′s Excellent Award by Mercyhurst College (2006). His major interests are research methods, criminology and organized crime, white collar crime and political crime and terrorism.