Defining crime : a critique of the concept and its implication /
"Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity. Lynch, Stretesky, and Long argue that a scientific definition of cri...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
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- 1.Concerning the Definition of Crime2.Let's Think About Crime3.What is Crime?4.Crime and Science5.Crime and the Individual6.Crime, the Concept versus Its Measurement as a Violation of the Criminal Law7.Framing a Definition of Crime: Toward the Crime Definition 1.08.Concerns with the Explanation of Crime9.Conclusion.