Williams, Katherine S.
Textbook on criminology / Katherine S. Williams. - 5th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xii, 569 p. ; 23 cm.
Previous ed.: 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction. - 2. Definitions, Terminology and the Criminal Process. - 3. Public Conceptions and Misconceptions of Crime. - 4. The Extent of Crime: A Comparison of Official and Unofficial Calculations. - 5. Victims, Victimisations and Victimology. - 6. Influences of Physical Factors and Genetics of Criminality. - 7. Influences of Biochemical Factors and of the Central and Autonomic Nervous Systems on Criminality. - 8. Psychological Theories of Criminality. - 9. Mental Disorder and Criminality. - 10. Intelligence and Learning. - 11. The Sociology of Criminality. - 12. Anomie, Strain and Juvenile Subculture. - 13. Control Theories. - 14. Labelling, Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology. - 15. Conflict Theories and Radical Criminologies. - 16. Criminology and Realism. - 17. Positivist Explanations of Female Criminality. - 18. Women's Liberation and Feminist Theories. - 19. Governance, Risk and Globalisation Theories. - 20. Terrorism and its Control. - 21. Envoi. - Useful websites. - Name index. - Subject Index.
0199264406 (pbk.)
Criminology--England.
Criminology--Wales.
364.942 / WIL
Textbook on criminology / Katherine S. Williams. - 5th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xii, 569 p. ; 23 cm.
Previous ed.: 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction. - 2. Definitions, Terminology and the Criminal Process. - 3. Public Conceptions and Misconceptions of Crime. - 4. The Extent of Crime: A Comparison of Official and Unofficial Calculations. - 5. Victims, Victimisations and Victimology. - 6. Influences of Physical Factors and Genetics of Criminality. - 7. Influences of Biochemical Factors and of the Central and Autonomic Nervous Systems on Criminality. - 8. Psychological Theories of Criminality. - 9. Mental Disorder and Criminality. - 10. Intelligence and Learning. - 11. The Sociology of Criminality. - 12. Anomie, Strain and Juvenile Subculture. - 13. Control Theories. - 14. Labelling, Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology. - 15. Conflict Theories and Radical Criminologies. - 16. Criminology and Realism. - 17. Positivist Explanations of Female Criminality. - 18. Women's Liberation and Feminist Theories. - 19. Governance, Risk and Globalisation Theories. - 20. Terrorism and its Control. - 21. Envoi. - Useful websites. - Name index. - Subject Index.
0199264406 (pbk.)
Criminology--England.
Criminology--Wales.
364.942 / WIL