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Toward a Unified Criminology

Integrating Assumptions About Crime, People and Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

AvRobert Agnew

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-11-01
Mått153 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt546 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
Antal sidor272
FörlagNew York University Press
ISBN9780814705087

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Preface 1 A Divided Criminology 2 The Scope of the Discipline: What Is Crime? 3 Determinism versus Agency: Is Crime the Result of Forces beyond the Individual's Control or Free Choice? 4 The Nature of Human Nature: Are People Self-Interested, Socially Concerned, or Blank Slates? 5 The Nature of Society: Is Society Characterized by Consensus or Conflict? 6 The Nature of Reality: Is There an Objective Reality That Can Be Accurately Measured? 7 A Unified Criminology Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index About the Author

"A brilliant and consequential treatise--a contemporary classic. For those with the courage to rethink the criminological enterprise, this is a must read." Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Criminological Theory "Agnew has elegantly captured the assumptions, insights, predictions, and evidence of the various theories, summarized several literatures, and initiated the process of developing a general and unified theory of crime." Alex R. Piquero, author of Key Issues in Criminal Careers Research