Contemporary Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honor of Gilbert Geis

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Prentice Hall, 2001 - Law - 418 pages

Assembled in honor of the preeminent criminologist and scholar, Gilbert Geis, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, this volume features original, interesting, cutting-edge essays written by internationally known contributors in such areas as white collar crime, punishment and social control, public policy issues, comparative criminology, law, victimology, and policing.Features writing, for example, by Braithwaite, Vaughn, Short, Farrington, Levi, Pontell, Calavita, Meier, Simpson, Huff, Cullen on a broad array of topics in THEORY AND METHOD IN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH; WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND CORPORATE CRIME; SOCIAL CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES; And Various FORMS OF CRIME.For scholars, students, and practitioners of criminal justice.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
THEORY AND METHOD IN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH
17
Policy
33
Copyright

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TitleContemporary Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honor of Gilbert Geis
Pearson education
AuthorsGilbert Geis, Henry N. Pontell, David Shichor
Editionillustrated
PublisherPrentice Hall, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJan 14, 2010
ISBN0130875856, 9780130875853
Length418 pages
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Law / General
Law / Jurisprudence
Social Science / Criminology
True Crime / General
  
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