Introduction to Criminology
Contents of This Chapter:
- Chapter Introduction
- What Is Criminology?
- What Makes a Theory?
- Criminological Theories: Causes, Crimes, and Consequences
- Perspective and Interpretation in Criminological Theory
- Categorizing Criminological Theories
- Activity: Explaining the “Florida Man” with Different Paradigms
- History of Criminology
- From Research to Knowledge
- Check Your Knowledge
- Licenses and Attributions for Criminological Theories: Causes, Crimes, and Consequences
- How Does a Crime Become a Crime?
- What Causes Crime?
- Conclusion
- References
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