Linden,Rick

Criminology: a Canadian perspective. / Rick , Linden. - 6th ed. - Toronto: Nelson Education, 2009. - xiii, 536p.: ills. 24cm.

Includes glossary and index.

Content -- Crime,criminals and criminology -- The origins and role of law in society -- Criminal law -- Counting crime -- Correlates of criminal behavior -- Feminism and criminology -- Early theories of criminology -- Psychological perspectives on criminality -- Strain theories -- Conflict theories -- Contemporary critical criminology -- Interactionist theories --Social control theory -- Conventional or street crime -- Organized crime -- Corporate and white-collar crime.

9780176441906

HV6807.C76