The Third Edition of this highly acclaimed book expands on previous editions with coverage of newly emerged theories and empirical updates supported by over 140 new references. Criminological Theory provides coverage of the latest theories in the field without diminishing the presentation of classic analysis. Major theoretical perspectives that have developed from both recent critical work and traditional schools, together with practical applications, compel the reader to apply theories to the contemporary social milieu. A strong emphasis on social policy implications concerning crime and criminals make this a vital text for sociology, criminology, and criminal justice classes.

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences

Politics & Social Sciences

Cullen, Francis T.

Ball, Richard A.

Lilly, J. Robert

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

This volume introduces major theories of crime and criminality for the undergraduate student. It has two unique features: firstly, it emphasizes the social context of theory development, secondly, it makes a link between theoretical notions of crime and changes in social policy concerning crime and criminals. The book begins with early attempts to explain crime through differences in physical or psychological traits. There follows the reframing of crime as a question of social context, then the authors discuss more current developments, such as control theories, labelling and radical conflict theories. In conclusion, recent developments including the return to more conservative, individual-focused explanations of criminal behaviour are disc

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences (Studies in Crime, Law, and Criminal Justice)

House Arrest and Correctional Policy: Doing Time at Home (Studies in Crime, Law, and Criminal Justice)

Prison overcrowding has led criminal justice experts to seek viable options to incarceration. House Arrest and Correctional Policy considers one of these new approaches and raises important legislative and constitutional questions as well as social and psychological issues. The authors discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of house arrest, consider several specific programmes, evaluate research undertaken in various states and outline their own research.

Huff, C. Ronald

Following the acclaimed success of the First Edition, this new edition of Criminological Theory continues to be the only text of its kind to stress the "context and consequences" of theory. Four of the original chapters have been carefully revised and a new chapter on the feminist perspective and "left realism" has been added. As well as a thorough presentation of the history of criminological theory, the authors continue their focus on the interconnection among social context, criminological theory and criminal justice policy-making.

Criminological Theory:Context and Consequences by Lilly and The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice by Davis, Bundle

Davis, Mark S.

Offering a rich introduction to how scholars analyze crime, this Fifth Edition of the authors’ clear, accessible text moves readers beyond often-mistaken common sense knowledge of crime to a deeper understanding of the importance of theory in shaping crime control policies. This thoroughly revised edition covers traditional and contemporary theory within a larger sociological and historical context and now includes new sources that assess the empirical status of the major theories, as well as updated coverage of crime control policies and their connection to criminological theory.

Lilly, J. (James) Robert

Offering a rich introduction to how scholars analyze crime, Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences moves readers beyond a commonsense knowledge of crime to a deeper understanding of the importance of theory in shaping crime control policies. The Sixth Edition of the authors’ clear, accessible, and thoroughly revised text covers traditional and contemporary theory within a larger sociological and historical context. J. Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen, and Richard A. Ball include new sources that assess the empirical status of the major theories, as well as updated coverage of crime control policies and their connection to criminological theory.

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Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences (Studies in Crime, Law, and Criminal Justice)

House Arrest and Correctional Policy: Doing Time at Home (Studies in Crime, Law, and Criminal Justice)

House Arrest and Correctional Policy: Doing Time at Home (Studies in Crime, Law, and Criminal Justice)

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences

Criminological Theory:Context and Consequences by Lilly and The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice by Davis, Bundle

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences

Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences