Criminology / Stephen Case, Philip Johnson, David Manlow, Roger Smith, Katherine Williams.

By:

Case, Stephen

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: United Kingdom Oxford university Press 2017Description: xix, 928 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:

9780198736752

Subject(s):

Criminology

DDC classification:

364 JOH.C

Summary: Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 JOURNEYING INTO CRIMINOLOGY 1.Becoming a student Tips, tricks, and tools for effective learning Introduction Effective, engaged, employable: The E3 student Embarking on your journey at university Choosing your travel partners Developing a way to travel: Remember your ABC 2.What is the study of criminology? What does criminology look like as an academic subject? What is the nature of criminology? Studying criminology How will I study criminology at university? The independent learner How will your learning be assessed? What is the study of criminology? -revisited pt. 2 EXPLORING CRIME 3.What is crime? Crime as a social construct Crime and deviance Why are some actions criminalised? The harm principle Other reasons which might explain why some actions are crimes Do we need the criminal law? 4.What is justice? Contents note continued: Justice -preliminary issues Definitions of justice Criminal justice models Philosophical ideas of justice Systems of criminal justice -adversarial and inquisitorial Drawing ideas together 5.Crime statistics Officially (police) recorded crime statistics Offence categories and patterns of offending Police recorded crime statistics and the `justice gap' Surveying crime: The Crime Survey for England and Wales Conclusion 6.How does criminology `know' about crime? Subjectivity, supposition, and study Approaching criminological knowledge with a critical eye Subjectivity, supposition, and study: The triad of knowledge creation Criminological theory as knowledge Supposition Study Reflecting on research as study: What can we know?

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Books	Symbiosis Law School, Noida	364 JOH.C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	REFERENCE		SLSN-B-12396

Includes bibliographical references (pages 879-908) and index.

Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 JOURNEYING INTO CRIMINOLOGY
1.Becoming a student Tips, tricks, and tools for effective learning
Introduction
Effective, engaged, employable: The E3 student
Embarking on your journey at university
Choosing your travel partners
Developing a way to travel: Remember your ABC
2.What is the study of criminology?
What does criminology look like as an academic subject?
What is the nature of criminology?
Studying criminology
How will I study criminology at university?
The independent learner
How will your learning be assessed?
What is the study of criminology?
-revisited
pt. 2 EXPLORING CRIME
3.What is crime?
Crime as a social construct
Crime and deviance
Why are some actions criminalised?
The harm principle
Other reasons which might explain why some actions are crimes
Do we need the criminal law?
4.What is justice?
Contents note continued: Justice
-preliminary issues
Definitions of justice
Criminal justice models
Philosophical ideas of justice
Systems of criminal justice
-adversarial and inquisitorial
Drawing ideas together
5.Crime statistics
Officially (police) recorded crime statistics
Offence categories and patterns of offending
Police recorded crime statistics and the `justice gap'
Surveying crime: The Crime Survey for England and Wales
Conclusion
6.How does criminology `know' about crime? Subjectivity, supposition, and study
Approaching criminological knowledge with a critical eye
Subjectivity, supposition, and study: The triad of knowledge creation
Criminological theory as knowledge
Supposition
Study
Reflecting on research as study: What can we know?

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