Marie-Helen Maras

Real Criminology

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Produktbeschreibung

A fresh, contemporary, multidisciplinary approach for the Introduction to Criminology course

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 267mm x 211mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9780190904029
• ISBN-10: 019090402X
• Artikelnr.: 67479570

Autorenporträt

Marie-Helen Maras is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part 1: THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CRIME
* Chapter 1: Crime and Criminology
* 1.1: Crime, Law, and Justice
* 1.1.1:. Classifications of Crime
* 1.1.2: The Evolution of Crime
* 1.1.3: Criminal Justice
* 1.2: Criminology
* 1.2.1: What Do Criminologists Do?
* 1.2.2: Theories of Crime
* 1.2.3: Cybercriminology
* 1.3: Critiques and Implications of Crime, Law, Justice, and
Criminology
* Case Study: Don't F**k With Cats
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Chapter 2: Measuring Crime
* 2.1: Reporting and Measuring Crime
* 2.1.1: Uniform Crime Reporting Program
* 2.1.2: National Incident Based Reporting System
* 2.1.3: National Crime Victimization Survey
* 2.1.4: Self-Report Surveys
* 2.1.5: International Crime Measurement Tools
* 2.2: The Dark Figure of Crime
* 2.3: Cybercrime Measurement
* 2.4: Critiques and Implications of Crime Measurement Tools
* Case Study: Evaluating Crime Measurement Tools
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Chapter 3: Victims and Victimization
* 3.1: The Impacts of Victimization
* 3.1.1: Direct Costs
* 3.1.2: Indirect Costs
* 3.2: Victims' Attributes
* 3.2.1: Demographics
* 3.2.2: Victim-Offender Relationship and Race/Ethnicity
* 3.2.3: Repeat Victimization
* 3.3: Victimization Theories
* 3.3.1: Victim Precipitation Theory
* 3.3.2: Lifestyle Exposure Theory
* 3.3.3: Routine Activity Theory
* 3.3.4: Critiques and Implications of Victimization Theories
* 3.4: Victim Blaming and Secondary Victimization
* 3.4.1: Explanations of Victim-Blaming Behavior
* 3.4.2: Rape Myths
* 3.4.3: Secondary Victimization
* 3.5: Victims' Rights
* 3.5.1: Campaigns for Women's Rights
* 3.5.2: The Crime Victims' Rights Act
* 3.5.3: Victim Services
* 3.5.4: Victim Impact Statements
* Case Study: Applying Victimization Theory to Child Sexual Assault
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Part 2: CRIME CAUSATION AND REDUCTION
* Chapter 4: Rational Choice Theory
* 4.1: The Idea of Crime as a Rational Choice
* 4.1.1: The Classical School of Criminology
* 4.1.2: Components of Rational Choice Theory
* 4.2: Responding to Crime
* 4.2.1: Retribution
* 4.2.2: Deterrence
* 4.2.3: Incapacitation
* 4.2.4: Rehabilitation
* 4.3: Reducing Crime
* 4.3.1: International Cooperation
* 4.3.2: Situational Crime Prevention
* 4.3.3: Displacement
* 4.3.4: Commodification of Security
* 4.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories
* Case Study: Applying Rational Choice Theory to Terrorism
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Chapter 5: Trait Theories: Biological and Psychological
Predisposition
* 5.1: The Positivist School and Trait Theories
* 5.2: Biological Trait Theories: Criminals Are Born, Not Made
* 5.2.1: Physiological Characteristics
* 5.2.2: Evolution
* 5.2.3: Biochemical Influences
* 5.2.4: Neurological Influences
* 5.3: Psychological Theories: The New Positivists
* 5.3.1: Intelligence
* 5.3.2: Mental Disorders
* 5.3.3: Personality Theories
* 5.3.4: Emotions
* 5.3.5: Psychoanalytical Theories
* 5.3.6: Attachment Theory
* 5.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories
* Case Study: Applying Trait Theories to Mass Murder
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Chapter 6: Social Structure Theories: Crime, Culture and Inequality
* 6.1: Social Structure Theories
* 6.1.1: Chicago School of Criminology
* Human Ecology and Concentric Zones
* Social Disorganization Theory
* Hot Spots, Crime Mapping, and Deviant Places
* Social Capital and Collective Efficacy
* Broken Windows Theory
* 6.2: Strain Theories
* 6.2.1: Anomie: Concept and Theory
* 6.2.2: Relative Deprivation Theory
* 6.2.3: Institutional Anomie Theory
* 6.2.4: General Strain Theory
* Sources and Management of Strain
* 6.3: Cultural Deviance Theories
* 6.3.1: Theory of Delinquent Subcultures
* 6.3.2: Theory of Differential Opportunity
* 6.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories
* Case Study: Applying Social Structure Theory to Fraud
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Chapter 7: Social Process Theories: Conformity, Learning, and Sources
of Social Control
* 7.1: Controlling Criminality
* 7.2: Learning Criminality
* 7.3: Neutralizing Offenses
* 7.4: Moral Disengagement
* 7.5: Developmental and Life Course Criminology
* 7.5.1: Latent Trait Perspective
* Control Balance Theory
* General Theory of Crime
* 7.5.2: Life Course Perspective
* 7.6: Critiques and Implications of Theories
* Case Study: Applying Social Process Theories to Involuntary
Manslaughter
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Chapter 8: Labeling and Moral Panics: Constructing and Reacting to
Crime
* 8.1: The Label of Deviant or Criminal
* 8.1.1: Crime as Theater
* 8.1.2: Crime Through the Lens of Social Psychology
* 8.1.3: Implications of the Deviant or Criminal Label
* 8.2: Shaming and Sanctions
* 8.2.1: Reintegrative and Disintegrative Shaming
* 8.2.2: Public Shaming
* 8.2.3: Online Shaming and Trial by Internet
* 8.2.4: Shaming Sanctions
* 8.2.5: Defiance Theory
* 8.3: Moral Panics and Social Contagion
* 8.3.1: Moral Panics
* 8.3.2: Social Contagion
* 8.3.3: Theories and Perspectives on Moral Panics
* 8.4: Critiques and Implications of Theories
* Case Study: Applying Moral Panics to Comic Books
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Chapter 9: Conflict Criminology: Effects of Class, Power, Gender, and
Race
* 9.1: Introducing Conflict Theories
* 9.2: Types of Conflict Criminology
* 9.2.1: Radical Criminology
* 9.2.2: Left Realism
* 9.2.3: Peacemaking Criminology
* 9.2.4: Feminist Criminology
* Women and Criminological Theory
* Gendered Perspectives on Crime
* 9.2.5: Race and Crime
* 9.3: Critiques and Implications
* Case Study: Applying Conflict Criminology to the Criminal Justice
System's Responses to Racial Minorities
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Part 3: CRIME TYPOLOGIES
* Chapter 10: Antisocial Behavior and Interpersonal Crime
* 10.1: Criminal Antisocial Behavior
* 10.1.1: Trolling
* 10.1.2: Bullying
* 10.1.3: Harassment
* 10.1.4: Stalking
* 10.2: Family and Intimate Partner Violence
* 10.2.1: Domestic Violence
* 10.2.2: Marital and Intimate Partner Rape
* 10.2.3: Murder
* 10.2.4: Child Maltreatment
* 10.2.5: Elder Abuse
* 10.2.6: Honor Killings
* 10.3: Community Violence
* 10.3.1: Assault
* 10.3.2: Robbery
* 10.3.3: Sexual Abuse
* 10.3.4: Mass, Spree, and Serial Murder
* 10.3.5: Hate Crime
* 10.3.6: Active Shooting
* Workplace Violence
* School Shooting
* 10.4: Controlling Antisocial Behavior and Interpersonal Crime
* Challenging Your Assumptions
* Case Study: Controlling Active Shooter Incidents
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Endnotes
* Chapter 11: Property Crime and White-Collar Crime
* 11.1: Property Crime
* 11.1.1: Larceny-Theft
* 11.1.2: Trespass
* 11.1.3: Vandalism
* 11.1.4: Burglary
* 11.1.5: Shoplifting
* 11.1.6: Motor Vehicle Theft
* 11.1.7: Arson
* 11.1.8: Identity Theft
* 11.1.9: Intellectual Property Theft
* 11.1.10: Fraud
* Bank Fraud
* Phishing
* Advance Fee Fraud
* Catfishing
* 11.1.11: Extortion
* 11.2: White-Collar Crime
* 11.2.1: Bribery and Public Corruption
* 11.2.2: Securities Fraud
* 11.2.3: Insider Trading
* 11.2.4: Bankruptcy Fraud
* 11.2.5: Insurance Fraud
* 11.2.6: Healthcare Fraud
* 11.3: Controlling Property Crime and White-Collar Crime
* Case Study: Applying Techniques to Prevent White-Collar Crime
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes
* Chapter 12: Deviant Acts and Public Order Crimes: Paraphilia, Sex
Work, Drug Use, and Gambling
* 12.1: The Relationship Between Law and Morality
* 12.2: Deviance
* 12.3: Public Order Crimes
* 12.3.1: Sex Work
* The Impacts Associated with the Sex Work
* Sex Work and the Law
* 12.3.2: Drug Use and Crime
* Substance Abuse
* Prescription Drugs and the Law
* 12.3.3: Gambling
* Addiction
* Gambling and the Law
* Sports Betting
* Internet Gambling
* 12.4: Controlling Deviance and Public Order Crimes
* Case Study: Sugaring
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Endnotes
* Chapter 13: Transnational Organized Crime
* 13.3: Organized Crime
* 13.3.1: Group Structure
* 13.3.2: Criminal Activities
* Money Laundering
* Cybercrime
* 3.4: Trafficking in Persons
* 13.2.1: Sex Trafficking
* 13.2.2: Labor Trafficking
* 13.2.3: Organ Trafficking
* 13.3: Human Smuggling
* 13.4: Drugs Trafficking
* 13.5: Firearms Trafficking
* 13.6: Cigarette Trafficking
* 13.7: Precious Metals and Gemstones Trafficking
* 13.8: Cultural Property Trafficking
* 13.9: Environmental Crime
* 13.9.1: Wildlife Crime
* 13.9.2: Pollution Crime
* 13.10: Controlling Transnational Organized Crime and Cybercrime
* Case Study: Controlling Wildlife Crime
* Check Your Understanding
* Key Terms
* Definitions
* Endnotes