The Oxford handbook of criminology:

'Criminology', according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means 'the scientific study of crime'. Precisely what this phrase means is revealed by this major new one volume reference work

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Other Authors: Maguire, Mike 1945- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon Press 1994
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Summary:'Criminology', according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means 'the scientific study of crime'. Precisely what this phrase means is revealed by this major new one volume reference work
This is the most comprehensive and detailed book about criminology ever published in the United Kingdom. It is designed to be immediately accessible to those interested in criminology who seek a way of familiarising themselves with the study of crime and criminality
In over a thousand pages of carefully prepared text, and aided by dozens of figures and diagrams the Handbook sets out the main elements of the subject, the methods of research which help to shape it and the current state-of-the-art in the topics as diverse as 'Criminal Statistics', 'White-Collar Crime', 'Custodial Penalties' and 'Gender and Crime'
Physical Description:XV, 1259 S.
ISBN:0198762429
0198762410

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