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Crime and deviance / Tony Lawson and Tim Heaton.

By: Lawson, Tony, 1950-Contributor(s): Heaton, Tim, 1965-Material type: TextTextSeries: Skills-based sociology: Publisher: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780230217829 (pbk.); 0230217826 (pbk.)Subject(s): Crime -- Sociological aspects | Criminology | Deviant behaviorDDC classification: 364 LOC classification: HV6025 | .L35 2010
Contents:
Introducing the sociology of crime and deviance -- Crime statistics -- Sociocultural explanations of crime and deviance -- Interactionist explanations of crime and deviance -- Conflict explanations of crime and deviance -- Realist explanations of crime and deviance -- Crime, deviance and ethnicity -- Crime, deviance and gender -- Criminal justice and the victims of crime.
Summary: From surveillance to terrorism and green crime to state crime, this exciting new edition offers an updated survey of key areas in the sociology of crime and deviance. Analysis of recent studies and accessible theory is combined with a variety of activities to provide an invaluable introduction to this popular topic for all students of sociology --Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-333) and index.

Introducing the sociology of crime and deviance -- Crime statistics -- Sociocultural explanations of crime and deviance -- Interactionist explanations of crime and deviance -- Conflict explanations of crime and deviance -- Realist explanations of crime and deviance -- Crime, deviance and ethnicity -- Crime, deviance and gender -- Criminal justice and the victims of crime.

From surveillance to terrorism and green crime to state crime, this exciting new edition offers an updated survey of key areas in the sociology of crime and deviance. Analysis of recent studies and accessible theory is combined with a variety of activities to provide an invaluable introduction to this popular topic for all students of sociology --Provided by publisher.

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