Full Description
A lucid text addressed to students and scholars, this book explores some of the key controversies that have stimulated the scientific study of crime: disputes about the connections between gender, class, and crime; policing; the criminality of our cities; the role of peer groups in the causes of crime; and links between drugs and crime. In pursuing
Contents
1 The Class and Crime Controversy, 2 Testing Propositions About Gender and Crime, 3 Urbanization, Sociohistorical Context, and Crime, 4 Initial and Subsequent Effects of Policing on Crime, 5 Subcultural Theories of Crime and Delinquency, 6 The Drugs and Crime Connection and Offense Specialization: A Latent Variable Approach
