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Real Criminology

Author: Helen-Marie Maras
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190904029
Published In: October 2024
Format: Hardback
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Real Criminology offers:

The most thought-provoking pedagogy, such as "Challenging Your Assumptions" and data-analysis activities
Real-world cases and connections, straight from the headlines
Unique coverage of cybercrime and global crime networks
A seamless digital package, incorporating videos and assessments

This comprehensive resource for the Introduction to Criminology Course shows students how to think logically and critically about real, contemporary cases and issues in criminology, engaging each student in a dynamic process of discovery.

Real Criminology draws on the latest literature from a range of fields to analyze and explain crime. Through this interdisciplinary lens, the textbook introduces students to criminology; types of crime; impacts of crime; theories explaining crime, criminality, and victimization; studies on crime, offenders, victims, and witnesses of crime; and the nature and extent of crime in the United States and abroad.

In a reflowable enhanced ebook that works with your LMS, each section is a self-contained unit of pedagogy integrating text, media, and assessment, all corresponding to learning objectives. The text incorporates not only videos and assessments but references to popular films, TV shows, fiction books, music, and games, as well as discussions of well-known national and international crimes, drawing readers' attention to how crimes and criminal behavior are depicted in the media.

PART 1: THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CRIME

Chapter 1: Crime and Criminology

Chapter 2: Measuring Crime

Chapter 3: Victims and Victimization

PART 2: CRIME CAUSATION AND REDUCTION

Chapter 4: Rational Choice Theory

Chapter 5: Trait Theories: Biological and Psychological Predisposition

Chapter 6: Social Structure Theories: Crime, Culture and Inequality

Chapter 7: Social Process Theories: Conformity, Learning, and Sources of Social Control

Chapter 8: Labeling and Moral Panics: Constructing and Reacting to Crime

Chapter 9: Conflict Criminology: Effects of Class, Power, Gender, and Race

PART 3: CRIME TYPOLOGIES