Explaining Criminals and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminological Theory

by Raymond Paternoster and Ronet D. Bachman

Book Overview

Explaining Criminals and Crime is the first collection of original essays addressing theories of criminal behavior that is written at a level appropriate for undergraduate students. These clear, concise, accessible essays were written expressly for this book, either by the original author(s) of each theory or by a scholar who has written extensively about it.

All major contemporary criminological theories are covered in this book, including:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195329937
• ISBN13: 9780195329933
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.0"

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.