Handbook on Crime and Deviance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krohn, Marvin D. (Editor), Lizotte, Alan J. (Editor), Hall, Gina Penly (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

This handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the field of criminology at the turn of the 21st century. It is designed to review the important recent developments in the sociology of crime and deviance, including: History of the Discipline: with an emphasis on the 17th, 18th, and 19th century,...