Explaining Crime : A Primer in Criminological Theory

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Explaining Crime\nby Hugh D. Barlow\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Hugh D. Barlow\nTitle: Explaining Crime\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Crime and criminology\nPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers\nPublication year: 2010\nISBN-13: 9780742565104\nISBN-10: 0742565106\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book provides a concise but comprehensive review of the full range of classic and contemporary theories of crime. With separate chapters on the nature and use of criminological theory as well as theoretical application, the authors render the difficult task of explaining crime more understandable to the introductory student. All of the main theories in criminology are reviewed including classical and rational choice, biological, psychological, and evolutionary, .