Defining Crime: A Critique of the Concept and its Implication

Name: Defining Crime: A Critique of the Concept and its Implication
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781137479341
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Author: Michael J. Lynch; Paul B. Stretesky; Michael A. Long
ISBN: 9781137479341

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.

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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