Explaining Criminals and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminological Theory

By: Paternoster, Raymond

Book Overview

A collection of original essays addressing theories of criminal behavior that is written at a level appropriate for undergraduate students. This book offers section introductions that provide a historical background for each theory, key issues that the theory addresses, and a discussion of any controversies generated by the theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891487329
• ISBN13: 9781891487323
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Roxbury Publishing Company
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Background to Criminological Theory

This text is very simple to read and gives a great background to criminological theory. This text would be great for a college level criminology course.