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Record Nr.

UNISA996217498803316

Titolo

The Blackwell companion to criminology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Colin Sumner ; advisory editor William J. Chambliss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Publishing, c2004

ISBN

0-470-99895-4

9786612138331

1-282-13833-2

1-280-28452-8

1-78034-072-9

9786610284528

1-4051-6666-5

0-470-99896-2

1-4051-2876-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (538 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to sociology

Altri autori (Persone)

SumnerColin

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Criminology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Crime, justice and societies -- Juvenile delinquency and justice for youth -- Punishment and its alternatives -- Gender and the masculinity of crime -- Capital, power and prime -- Globalization, crime and information.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. The essays focus on major issues in criminology today, commenting upon key debates and theories, outlining the implications of new studies, and discussing contemporary developments.