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Criminology : a very short introduction / Tim Newburn.

By:

Newburn, Tim [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 563Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780199643257

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LOC classification:

HV6025 NEW 2018

Contents:

Introducing criminology -- What is crime? -- Who commits crime? -- How do we measure crime? -- Understanding recent trends in crime -- Understanding the crime drop -- How do we control crime? -- How do we prevent crime? -- Where next for criminology?

Summary: "What do we mean by the term "crime"? Who commits crime and why do they do it? And what can we do about it? This [book] considers what we know about crime and criminality, and about historical trends and competing explanations for patterns of crime in the developed world."--Book flap.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Africa University Law Library New Materials Shelf	HV6025 NEW 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available	0000967116801

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-134) and index.

"What do we mean by the term "crime"? Who commits crime and why do they do it? And what can we do about it? This [book] considers what we know about crime and criminality, and about historical trends and competing explanations for patterns of crime in the developed world."--Book flap.

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