Criminal Law

Defining Crime: A Critique of the Concept and its Implication

Edited by Michael J. Lynch · Paul B. Stretesky · Michael A. Long
Palgrave Macmillan July 2015

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ISBN-13
9781137479341
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication
July 2015
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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. Lynch, Stretesky, and Long argue that a scientific definition of crime must be detached from criminal law and the variation the political construction imposes. The authors propose an alternative definition of crime, explore its limitations, and how it can reshape criminological research.

Table of Contents

1. Concerning the Definition of Crime 2. Let's Think About Crime 3. What is Crime? 4. Crime and Science 5. Crime and the Individual 6. Crime, the Concept versus Its Measurement as a Violation of the Criminal Law 7. Framing a Definition of Crime: Toward the Crime Definition 1.0 8. Concerns with the Explanation of Crime 9. Conclusion
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