Criminal lives : family life, employment, and offending /

This text examines the history of crime and uses historical data to analyse modern criminological debates. Drawing on criminology, history, and social policy, the book addresses important issues about offenders' persistence in crime, and questions the current theoretical framework used to expla...

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Main Author: Godfrey, Barry S
Other Authors: Cox, David J, Farrall, Stephen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007
Oxford : 2007
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology
Clarendon studies in criminology
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Summary:This text examines the history of crime and uses historical data to analyse modern criminological debates. Drawing on criminology, history, and social policy, the book addresses important issues about offenders' persistence in crime, and questions the current theoretical framework used to explain offending patterns
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 213 p.) : ill., maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p.195-208) and index
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0191696048 (ebook) :
9780191696046 (ebook) :
Access:License restrictions may limit access