Major Forms of Crime

by Robert F. Meier

Crime and criminal typologies have not lived up to their promises because criminologists have been unable to agree on the best typology. Meier believes that the time is right to take stock. He has collated articles by ten leading social scientists, who show the great diversity of current criminality. The result is a valuable reference book covering subjects like victimization, criminal careers, theories of criminality, social and legal reactions to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803920946
• ISBN13: 9780803920941
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.