Robert Agnew

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Toward a Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and SocietyPaperback, 1 November 2011

Toward a Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People and Society
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Part of Series
New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
Print Length
272 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New York University Press
Date Published
1 Nov 2011
ISBN-10
081470509X
ISBN-13
9780814705094

Description

Why do people commit crimes? How do we control crime? The theories that criminologists use to answer these questions are built on a number of underlying assumptions, including those about the nature of crime, free will, human nature, and society. These assumptions have a fundamental impact on criminology: they largely determine what criminologists study, the causes they examine, the control strategies they recommend, and how they test their theories and evaluate crime-control strategies.

In Toward a Unified Criminology, noted criminologist Robert Agnew provides a critical examination of these assumptions, drawing on a range of research and perspectives to argue that these assumptions are too restrictive, unduly limiting the types of crime that are explored, the causes that are considered, and the methods of data collection and analysis that are employed. As such, they undermine our ability to explain and control crime. Agnew then proposes an alternative set of assumptions, drawing heavily on both mainstream and critical theories of criminology, with the goal of laying the foundation for a unified criminology that is better able to explain a broader range of crimes.

Product Details

Author:
Robert Agnew
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 November 2011
Dimensions:
22.81 x 16.21 x 1.6 cm
ISBN-10:
081470509X
ISBN-13:
9780814705094
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
272
Weight:
367.41 gm

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