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An Introduction to Criminology: Exploring Theories of Criminal Behavoiur
By Teresa Clyne
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date March 10, 2016
Pages 154
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781530488148
ISBN-10 1530488141
Dimensions 0.35 by 8 by 10 in.
Original list price $11.25
Subjects
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
Sociology
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: A beginner's guide to Criminology 

This introductory guide focuses on the vital core of criminological theories-- theory, method, and criminal behaviour detailed in a clear concise manner which is has at its core plain English for ease of reading and comprehension, therefore ensuring that it is straightforward and will enable readers to more fully comprehend this complex subject.
 
It covers current topics along with historical principles and theories, these are explored to give the reader the basis to understand not only the core of criminology but to form an unbiased subjective opinion on where criminology has come from and where it is going.
It also looks at the effects crime has on society and policy decisions, and the connection between theory and criminal behaviour. 


Contents
Biological Theories
Sociological Theories 
Crime 
Criminology
Antisocial, deviant and immoral conduct 
Anti-social Behaviour 
Deviance 
The History of Criminology
Pre-Enlightenment Europe 
Medieval Trials 
Trial by Ordeal 
Trial by Fire. 
Trial by Water. 
Trial by Water (varying countries) 
Hung, drawn and quartered
Trial by Hot Water 
The Enlightenment age 
The Classical School 
Cesare Beccaria (1738-94).
Jeremy Bentham 
Neoclassical 
Cesare Lombroso
The Positivist theory 
Charles Darwin 
Locke John Locke (1632-1704) 
Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) 
Modern Theories of Criminology
Anomie or Strain Theory
Social Learning Theory 
Social Control Theory 
Labelling Theory 
Radical Theory
Deterrence Theory
An Economic Model of Crime
Deterrence and Econometrics 
Environmentalism 
Ethnicity and Crime
Feminist theory
Types of feminism 
Modern feminist theories of criminology 
Age and Crime 
Routine Activities Theory
Mental Disorder and Crime 
Rawls' John Bordley Rawls (1921 - 2002) 
The veil of ignorance 
The Chicago School and the US theories 
Robert Park and Ernest Burgess
Right Realism 
Left idealists 
White Collar Crime 
Insider Dealing 
Other types of white collar crime 
Theories of Violent Crime 
Murder
Gang Crime
The history of gangs
Theories of criminal behaviour. 
Psychoanalytic theorists and the origins of crime 
Psychoanalysis 
Sexual Offenders 
Biological Theories of crime
Crime addictions 
The Irish Legal System 
Brehon Law 
The Four sources of Irish law 
Penology 
The Modern Prison Service 
Ireland's Prisons 
Probation Service and the Irish Criminal Justice System 
The Garda Siochána 
History of the Gardai 
Modern Gardai 
The Court System in Ireland 
The Petty Sessions 
Superior Courts in Ireland (pre 1900) 
The Supreme Court and court of Criminal Appeal 
The Modern Court System in Ireland 
The Function of the Courts
The District Court in Ireland
The Circuit Court in Ireland 
The High Court in Ireland 
Civil Liability & Courts Act 2004 


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About: A beginner's guide to Criminology This introductory guide focuses on the vital core of criminological theories-- theory, method, and criminal behaviour detailed in a clear concise manner which is has at its core plain English for ease of reading and comprehension, therefore ensuring that it is straightforward and will enable readers to more fully comprehend this complex subject.

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