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xxiii, pages 449 ; 24 cm "Ideal for undergraduate courses in criminology--especially those taught from a critical perspective--Criminology: A Sociological Approach, Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive yet highly accessible introduction to the study of crime and criminological theory. Authors Piers Beirne and James W. Messerschmidt present the topic from a sociological standpoint, emphasizing the social construction of crime and showing how crime relates to gender, class, race, and age. Providing students with a strong theoretical foundation, the book also addresses historical, feminist, and comparative perspectives and highlights the major types of crime and victimization patterns. THE TEXT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS: * Part I focuses on four questions: "What is crime?" "How are perceptions of it influenced by the mass media and by fear of crime?" "How can we measure how much crime there is in the United States?" and finally, "How often does crime occur and with what degrees of seriousness?" * Part II is a systematic guide to modern criminological theory and its historical development * Part III examines specific types of crime, including property crime, interpersonal violence, whit

Author

Professor James W Messerschmidt Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies in the Department of Criminology Piers Beirne

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA; 6th Revised ed. edition

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199334643

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences

Rating

4.5 / 5 (103 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14