Origins of criminology /
CrimComics offers a new way to approach criminological theory by engaging students with impactful, highly visual illustrated texts. Each CrimComics Issue traces the development of the theory, placing it in social and political context and demonstrates its application to the real world. The last page...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2017].
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| Series: | CrimComics ;
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| Summary: | CrimComics offers a new way to approach criminological theory by engaging students with impactful, highly visual illustrated texts. Each CrimComics Issue traces the development of the theory, placing it in social and political context and demonstrates its application to the real world. The last page of each Issue features review questions and key terms. Issue 1, Origins of Criminology, introduces students to the two major schools of criminological thought, the Classical School and the Positivist School. This issue discusses the concepts developed by the major proponents of these schools, Cesare Beccaria, Jeremy Bentham and Cesare Lombroso. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 26 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 26). |
| ISBN: | 0190207140 9780190207144 |