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Auteur(s) : Agnew, Robert (1953-....)
Titre(s) : Toward a unified criminology [Texte imprimé] : integrating assumptions about crime, people and society / Robert Agnew
Publication : New York : New York University Press, c2011
Description matérielle : ix, 253 p. ; 23 cm
Collection : New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series
Lien à la collection : New perspectives in crime, deviance and law series
Comprend : A divided criminology ; The scope of the discipline : what is crime? ; Determinism
versus agency : is crime the result of forces beyond the individual's control or free
choice? ; The nature of human nature : are people self-interested, socially concerned,
or blank slates? ; The nature of society : is society characterized by consensus
or conflict? ; The nature of reality : is there an objective reality that can be
accurately measured? ; A unified criminology.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Why do people commit crimes? How do we control crime? The theories that criminologists
use to answer these questions are built on a number of underlying assumptions, including
those about the nature of crime, free will, human nature, and society. These assumptions
have a fundamental impact on criminology: they largely determine what criminologists
study, the causes they examine, the control strategies they recommend, and how they
test their theories and evaluate crime-control strategies. In Toward a Unified Criminology,
noted criminologist Robert Agnew provides a critical examination of these assumptions,
drawing on a range of research and perspectives to argue that these assumptions are
too restrictive, unduly limiting the types of "crime" that are explored, the causes
that are considered, and the methods of data collection and analysis that are employed.
As such, they undermine our ability to explain and control crime. Agnew then proposes
an alternative set of assumptions, drawing heavily on both mainstream and critical
theories of criminology, with the goal of laying the foundation for a unified criminology
that is better able to explain a broader range of crimes"--
Sujet(s) : Criminologie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780814705087 (hardback). - ISBN 0814705081 (hardback). - ISBN 9780814705094
(pb). - ISBN 081470509X (pb). - ISBN 9780814705278 (ebook). - ISBN 0814705278 (ebook).
- ISBN 9780814707906 (ebook). - ISBN 0814707904 (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42743394h
Notice n° :
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