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GIBBONS, Don C.
Talking about crime and criminals : problems and issues in theory development in criminology / Don C. Gibbons.- New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, 1994.- 227 p. ; 23 cm
ISBN 0-13-669137-4 (Broch.) : compra


CRIMINOLOGIA, CONTROLO SOCIAL, CRIME, CRIMINOSO, COMPORTAMENTO CRIMINOSO, EUA

The criminological enterprise. The development of criminology I. The development of criminology II. Defining the dependent variable patterns of crime and types of offenders. Causal explanations and theories in criminology. Social-structural theories of crime. Accounting for criminals and criminal behavior - sociological and economic models. Accounting for criminals and criminal behavior - do individual differences make a difference?. The 'New Criminologies'. The prospects for general and integrated theories. The future of criminological theory.