Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior

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SAGE Publications, May 12, 2023 - Social Science - 520 pages
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The Eleventh Edition of bestselling Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the study of criminal behavior with a focus on the core of criminology – theory, method, and criminal behavior. In a clear and accessible manner, authors Frank E. Hagan and Leah E. Daigle present readers with detailed explanations of criminal behavior; examine various forms of criminal activity, such as organized crime, white collar crime, political crime, and environmental crime; the effects on society and policy decisions; and the connection between theory and criminal behavior.

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Contents

Foundations of Criminology
1
Theories of Criminology
99
Crime Typologies
215
Glossary
429
References
435
Suggested Readings
479
Index
485
Copyright

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About the author (2023)

Frank E. Hagan is a native of the North Side of Pittsburgh and has earned degrees at Gannon, Maryland, and Case Western Reserve. He is Professor Emeritus and the former director of the James V. Kinnane Graduate Program in Administration of Justice and is the author of eight books. These are Deviance and the Family (with Marvin B. Sussman), Introduction to Criminology (11th edition), Crime Types and Criminals, Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology (10th edition), Essentials of Research Methods in Criminal Justice(3rd edition, Political Crime, White Collar Deviance (with David Simon), and The Language of Research (with Pamela Tontodonato). He is also the author or coauthor of many journal articles and articles in edited volumes. A recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Fellow Award (2000), he was also awarded the Teacher’s Excellence Award by Mercyhurst University in 2006. His major interests are research methods, criminology and organized crime, white-collar crime, and political crime and terrorism. Leah E. Daigle is professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She received her PhD in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2005. Her most recent research is centered on repeat sexual victimization of college women and responses women use during and after being sexually victimized. Her other research interests include the development and continuation of offending and victimization across the life course. She is author of Victimology: A Text/Reader (2nd ed.), Victimology: The Essentials (2nd ed.), coauthor of Criminals in the Making: Criminality Across the Life Course, Victimology, and Unsafe in the Ivory Tower: The Sexual Victimization of College Women, which was awarded the 2011 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. She has also published numerous peer-reviewed articles that have appeared in outlets such as Justice Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Victims and Offenders.

Bibliographic information

TitleIntroduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior
AuthorsFrank E. Hagan, Leah E. Daigle
PublisherSAGE Publications, 2023
ISBN1071835114, 9781071835111
Length520 pages
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Social Science / Criminology
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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