explaining crime and its context Brown, Stephen Eugene. creator author Esbensen, Finn-Aage. author Geis, Gilbert. author text bibliography nyu 2024 Eleventh edition. monographic eng

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xvi, 535 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. "Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Eleventh Edition, offers a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology, criminal justice, and sociology with a thorough exposure to a range of theories about crime, contrasting their logic and assumptions, but also highlighting efforts to integrate and blend these frameworks. In this new edition, the authors have incorporated new directions that have gained traction in the field, while remaining faithful to their criminological heritage. Among the themes in this work are the relativity of crime (its changing definition) with abundant examples, historical roots of criminology and the lessons they have provided, and the strength and challenges of applying the scientific method. This revision offers new chapters on critical theory and on life-course criminology It is updated throughout to reflect current trends in criminological theory and data. With chapters both updated to reflect recent developments in the field and made easier to digest, this text is essential reading for students of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and related fields"-- PART 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR CRIMINOLOGY -- 1. Crime and Criminology -- 2. The Relativity of Law, Crime, and Deviance -- 3. Crime Data and Distribution -- PART 2: THEORIES OF CRIME -- 4. Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories of Crime -- 5. Positivism and BioPsychoSocial Criminology -- 6. Social Structure Theories of Crime -- 7. Social Process Theories of Crime -- 8. Social Reaction Theories of Crime: Labeling -- 9. Social Reaction Theories of Crime: Conflict and Beyond -- 10. Life-Course Criminology -- PART 3: TYPES OF CRIME -- 11. Violent Crime -- 12. Economic Crime -- 13. Crimes without Victims and Victims without Crimes -- Index. Stephen E. Brown, Finn-Aage Esbensen, and Gilbert Geis. Revised edition of the authors' Criminology, 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. Criminology HV6025 .B76 2024 364 Brown, Stephen Eugene, 1951- New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 Eleventh edition. (DLC) 2023059088 9781032378237 9781032328416 2023059087 DLC 240105 20260309150832.0 23486460 eng