The fifth edition of Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction offers students a clear, contemporary, and comprehensive introduction to criminology that encourages critical thinking about the causes of crime and crime prevention strategies. The text's hallmark thematic approach of social problems versus social responsibility (is crime a matter of individual responsibility or a symptom of a dysfunctional society?)prompts students to think critically about the causes of crime and helps them see the link between crime theories and crime policies.
PART 1 The Crime Picture
CHAPTER 1 What Is Criminology?
CHAPTER 2 Patterns of Crime
CHAPTER 3 Where Do Theories Come From?
PART 2 Crime Causation
CHAPTER 4 Classical and Neoclassical Thought
CHAPTER 5 Biological Roots of Criminal Behavior
CHAPTER 6 Psychological and Psychiatric Foundations of Criminal Behavior
PART 3 Crime Causation Revisited
CHAPTER 7 Social Structure Theories
CHAPTER 8 Theories of Social Process and Social Development
CHAPTER 9 Social Conflict Theories
PART 4 Crime in the Modern World
CHAPTER 10 Crimes against Persons
CHAPTER 11 Crimes against Property
CHAPTER 12 White-Collar and Organized Crime
CHAPTER 13 Public Order and Drug Crimes
CHAPTER 14 Technology and Crime
CHAPTER 15 Globalization and Terrorism
EPILOGUE Future Directions