David Kauzlarich is associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the author of Crimes Of The American Nuclear State: At Home and Abroad.Hugh D. Barlow is professor emeritus of sociology and criminal justice studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the author of Dead for Good: Martyrdom and the Rise of the Suicide Bomber.

• Chapter 1: Crime and CriminalityChapter 2: Crime Data and the Methods of CriminologyChapter 3: Violent CrimeChapter 4: Violence against Women and ChildrenChapter 5: Nonviolent TheftChapter 6: White-Collar CrimeChapter 7: Drugs, Prostitution, and Organized CrimeChapter 8: Criminology and Criminal JusticeChapter 9: Criminological Theory: Roots and BranchesChapter 10: Classical and Rational Choice TheoriesChapter 11: Biological, Psychological, and Evolutionary Theories of Crime12 Chapter 12: Social Structural Theories of CrimeChapter 13: Social Process Theories of CrimeChapter 14: Critical Theories of CrimeChapter 15: General and Integrated Theories of CrimeChapter 16 Epilogue Criminological Theory

The ninth edition of Barlow and Kauzlarich continues the tradition of presenting the field of criminology to students with a combination of intellectual excitement and contemporary flair. This is an outstanding textbook!

David Kauzlarich is associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the author of Crimes Of The American Nuclear State: At Home and Abroad.Hugh D. Barlow is professor emeritus of sociology and criminal justice studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the author of Dead for Good: Martyrdom and the Rise of the Suicide Bomber.

• Chapter 1: Crime and CriminalityChapter 2: Crime Data and the Methods of CriminologyChapter 3: Violent CrimeChapter 4: Violence against Women and ChildrenChapter 5: Nonviolent TheftChapter 6: White-Collar CrimeChapter 7: Drugs, Prostitution, and Organized CrimeChapter 8: Criminology and Criminal JusticeChapter 9: Criminological Theory: Roots and BranchesChapter 10: Classical and Rational Choice TheoriesChapter 11: Biological, Psychological, and Evolutionary Theories of Crime12 Chapter 12: Social Structural Theories of CrimeChapter 13: Social Process Theories of CrimeChapter 14: Critical Theories of CrimeChapter 15: General and Integrated Theories of CrimeChapter 16 Epilogue Criminological Theory

The ninth edition of Barlow and Kauzlarich continues the tradition of presenting the field of criminology to students with a combination of intellectual excitement and contemporary flair. This is an outstanding textbook!

David Kauzlarich is associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the author of Crimes Of The American Nuclear State: At Home and Abroad.Hugh D. Barlow is professor emeritus of sociology and criminal justice studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the author of Dead for Good: Martyrdom and the Rise of the Suicide Bomber.

• Chapter 1: Crime and CriminalityChapter 2: Crime Data and the Methods of CriminologyChapter 3: Violent CrimeChapter 4: Violence against Women and ChildrenChapter 5: Nonviolent TheftChapter 6: White-Collar CrimeChapter 7: Drugs, Prostitution, and Organized CrimeChapter 8: Criminology and Criminal JusticeChapter 9: Criminological Theory: Roots and BranchesChapter 10: Classical and Rational Choice TheoriesChapter 11: Biological, Psychological, and Evolutionary Theories of Crime12 Chapter 12: Social Structural Theories of CrimeChapter 13: Social Process Theories of CrimeChapter 14: Critical Theories of CrimeChapter 15: General and Integrated Theories of CrimeChapter 16 Epilogue Criminological Theory

The ninth edition of Barlow and Kauzlarich continues the tradition of presenting the field of criminology to students with a combination of intellectual excitement and contemporary flair. This is an outstanding textbook!