Introduction to Criminology

This groundbreaking text achieves what no other previous introduction to criminology text has achieved: it breaks down the myths and stereotypes that students have formed and has them critically examine their own beliefs. In addition to presenting all of the standard criminological theory and typolo...

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Auteur principal: Maguire, Brendan
Autres auteurs: Brendan Maguire; Polly F. Radosh
Langue:Undetermined
English
Publié: Belmont, CA Cengage Learning, Inc 1999
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Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Résumé:This groundbreaking text achieves what no other previous introduction to criminology text has achieved: it breaks down the myths and stereotypes that students have formed and has them critically examine their own beliefs. In addition to presenting all of the standard criminological theory and typologies material, the material is framed by a critical thinking approach, apparent through unique and important pedagogy: Chapter 4, Myths and Facts, and Reading Between the Lines boxes. Your students will not just be reading and memorizing meaningless theories, they will be challenging their own assumptions and the assumptions of others
Description matérielle:382 p.
ill.
28 cm
ISBN:0534537847
9780534537845