Full Description
Crime in Canadian Contextaccessible introduction to criminology. Building on the success of the first edition, author William O'Grady continues to cover the fundamentals of the field while responding to changes in the discipline with updated statistics and revised content throughout. Well-balanced and even-handed, this book aims to avoid promoting one particular approach to crime over others. Students will study how crime is defined, presented, and perceived before moving on to comprehensive chapters outlining measurement and analysis of crime, non-sociological explanations of crime, criminological theory, social inequality and crime, organizational crime, and intersections with the law and the criminal justice system. Providing a vivid look at the statistics, research, and policies that form the Canadian context, this text will be appreciated by students for its succinct style, brevity, and relevance at every turning point.New material includes expanded discussions on policy, youth justice, and correlates of crime (age, gender, race, social class), as well as criminal law, crime and global and media issues, and recommended films and documentaries.
Contents
Preface; 1. Crime, Fear, and Risk; Objectives; Introduction; The Objectivist-Legalistic Approach; Crime and Social Reaction; Media Portrayals of Crime in Canada; Crime and Moral Panics; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Readings; Websites and Films; 2. Measuring Crime; Objectives; Introduction; Official Statistics; Self-Report Surveys; Victimization Surveys; Observational Accounts; Is Crime in Canada on the Rise?; Trends and Correlates of Canadian Homicide; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Readings; Websites and Films; 3. Non-Sociological Explanations of Crime; Objectives; Introduction; The Demonic Era; Magna Carta; The Classical School of Criminology; From Lombrosian Atavism to Modern Biocriminology; The Psychology of Crime; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Readings; Websites and Films; 4. Classical Sociological Explanations of Crime; Objectives; Introduction; Durkheim; The Chicago School; Crime and Social Disorganization; Strain/Anomie Theory; Control Theory; Differential Association Theory; Labelling Theory; Critical Criminology; Left Realism; Feminism and Criminology; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Reading; Websites and Films; 5. Recent Sociological Approaches to Crime; Objectives; Introduction; A General Theory of Crime; The Life Course Perspective; General Strain Theory; Rational Choice Theory; Routine Activity Theory; Reducing the Risk: Crime Prevention through Environmental Design; Risk and Actuarial Criminology; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Readings; Websites and Films; 6. Crime and Social Exclusion; Objectives; Introduction; Defining Social Exclusion; Homeless Youth; Youth Gangs; Aboriginal People in Canada; Hate Crime; Violence against Women; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Readings; Websites and Films; 7. Crime in the Context of Organizations and Institutions; Objectives; Introduction; White-Collar and Corporate Crime; The Public as Victim; Workers as Victims; Causes of White-Collar Crime; Political Crime; Crime in Trusted Social Organizations; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Readings; Websites and Films; 8. Responding to Crime; Objectives; Introduction; Crime, Law, and Order; Policing; Courts and Sentencing; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Youth Justice in Canada; Alternatives to Incarceration; Restorative Justice; Harm Reduction; Conclusion; Key Terms; Critical Thinking Questions; Suggested Readings; Websites and Films; 9. Summary and Conclusions; Future Directions in Criminology; How Should Crime Be Responded to in Canada?; References; Index
