Crime and criminology : a critical introduction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, Nigel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987
Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : 1987
Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : 1987
Series:OPUS
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Subjects and objects
  • 2. Laws and rules
  • 3. Fictions and figures
  • 4. Natural history
  • 5. Behaviour and misbehaviour
  • 6. Rule-breaking and rationality
  • 7. Sentencing and not sentencing
  • 8. Sentences and justifications
  • 9. Deterrence and education
  • 10. Incapacitation and dangerousness
  • 11. Desert and ritual
  • 12. Juveniles and justice
  • 13. Anonymity and stigma
  • 14. Crimianlizing and decriminalizing
  • 15. Victims and victimology
  • 16. Preventing and fighting
  • 17. Politics and criminology