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Ideal for undergraduate courses in criminology - especially those taught from a critical perspective - Criminology: A Sociological Approach, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive yet highly accessible introduction to the study of crime and criminological theory. Authors Piers Beirne and James W. Messerschmidt present the topic from a sociological standpoint, emphasizing the social construction of crime and showing how crime relates to gender, class, race, and age. Providing students with a strong theoretical foundation, the book also addresses historical, feminist, and comparative perspectives and highlights the major types of crime and victimization patterns.The text is divided into three Parts:* Part I focuses on three questions: "What is crime?" "How can we measure how much crime there is in the United States?" and finally, "How can we compare rates of crime in different societies?" * Part II is a systematic guide to modern criminological theory and its historical development. * Part III examines specific types of crime, including property crime, interpersonal violence, white-collar crime, and political crime.Written in student-friendly language, Criminology uses abundant illustrations, examples, and case studies to elucidate key points. The text also offers many helpful learning aids, including chapter previews, lists of key terms, chapter reviews, questions for class discussion, and suggestions for further study.

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• Part I Introduction to Criminology
• Chapter 1 The Problem of Crime
• Images of Crime
• Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminalization
• Crime as a Sociological Problem
• Chapter 2 The Measurement of Crime
• Caution: Data Do Not Speak for Themselves
• Official Crime Data
• Unofficial Crime Data
• Chapter 3 Comparative Criminology and Globalization
• Approaching Comparative Criminology
• Comparative Crime and Victimization Data
• Cross-National Generalizations Regarding Crime
• Part II Criminological Theory
• Chapter 4 Inventing Criminology: Classicism, Positivism, and Beyond
• The Enlightenment and Classical Criminology
• The Emergence of Positivist Criminology
• Neoclassical Criminology
• Chapter 5 Social Structure, Anomie, and Crime
• Durkheim's Sociology of Law and Crime
• Social Structure, Anomie, and Deviance
• Revised Strain Theory
• Chapter 6 Delinquent Subcultures, Subcultures of Delinquency, and the Labeling Perspective
• The Chicago School of Criminology, Disorganization, and Delinquency
• Delinquent Subcultures
• Matza's Delinquency and Drift
• The Labeling Perspective
• Chapter 7 Social Learning and Social Control Theories
• Differential Association
• Social Learning
• Social Control
• Self-Control
• Control Balance
• Chapter 8 The Conflict Tradition
• Marxism, Law, and Crime
• Conflict Theory
• Radical Criminology
• Chapter 9 Feminist Criminology and Critical Criminologies
• Feminist Criminology
• Critical Criminologies
• Part III Inequalities and Crime
• Chapter 10 Inequality, Crime, and Victimization
• Class and Crime
• Gender and Crime
• Race and Crime
• Age and Crime
• Chapter 11 Property Crime
• Robbery and Burglary
• Varieties of Larceny
• Dealing and Damage
• Chapter 12 Interpersonal Violence
• Murder, Assault, Hate Crimes, and Rape
• Interpersonal Violence in the Family
• Interpersonal Violence in the Workplace
• Chapter 13 White-Collar Crime
• Occupational Crime
• Corporate Crime
• Transnational Corporate
• Chapter 14 Political Crime
• Political Crimes against the State
• Domestic Political Crimes by the State
• Transnational Political Crimes by the State
• Glossary
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index

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Piers Beirne is Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies in the Department of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine. James W. Messerschmidt is Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies in the Department of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine.