Defining Crime: A Critique of the Concept and Its Implication

by Michael A. Long, Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky

Book Overview

Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137479345
• ISBN13: 9781137479341
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"