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Thinking About Criminology
15 August 1998
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Summary
Essays aims to provide an analysis of the relationship between theory and criminological research, discussing the ways in which theoretical perspectives have contributed to the understanding of relevant criminal justice institutions, law and policy.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
364
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
21
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
LCCN
HV6025
LCCN Item number
B48 1998eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOTU
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (xii, 207 p.)
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)thg00602016
(OCoLC)755183605
(CaOOCEL)417816
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOTU
ISBN
0-8020-4401-8
978-1-4426-6473-9
978-1-4426-6473-9
Published in
Canada
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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Table of Contents
Cover
1
Contents
6
Notes on contributors
8
1 Thinking about criminology: "Facts are bits of biography"
14
2 Theorizing - sotto voce
28
3 Making the invisible visible in criminology: a personal journey
48
4 Translations and refutations: an analysis of changing perspectives in criminology
68
5 Copping a plea
86
6 Back to the future: the predictive value of social theories of delinquency
112
7 Roots of a perspective
134
8 From criminology to anthropology? Identity, morality, and normality in the social construction of deviance
146
9 Obituaries, opportunities and obsessions
174
10 Thinking about criminology: a reflection on theory within criminology
188
References
196
Index
214
A
214
B
214
C
214
D
215
E
216
F
216
G
216
H
216
I
217
J
217
K
217
L
217
M
217
N
218
O
218
P
218
Q
219
R
219
S
219
T
220
U
220
V
220
W
220
Y
220
