Toward a Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and Society

by Robert Agnew

Book Overview

Why do people commit crimes? How do we control crime? The theories that criminologists use to answer these questions are built on a number of underlying assumptions, including those about the nature of crime, free will, human nature, and society. These assumptions have a fundamental impact on criminology: they largely determine what criminologists study, the causes they examine, the control strategies they recommend, and how they test their theories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081470509X
• ISBN13: 9780814705094
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"