Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences
By:
Professor J Robert Lilly Francis T. Cullen Professor Richard A. Ball
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The Fourth Edition of this highly successful text moves readers beyond often-mistaken common-sense understandings of crime by providing a rich introduction to how major scholars analyze crime. Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences, Fourth Edition shows the real-world relevance of theory by illuminating how ideas about crime play a prominent role in shaping crime-control policies and compelling students to apply theories to the contemporary milieu.
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
good book; like new - Good price for an almost brand new book. A panoramic study about multiple criminological theories.
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
Criminologial Theory - The text book is typical of its type and gives short chapters on each subject.
Customer Review: 1 out of 5
Good Insight of theories, bad context - To the reviewer who stated ," the slanted views of the writers in favor of conflict theories is too obvious" You are correct. Whenever they put the theory into "context" of the times, it's a joke. Totall biased, and sometimes misleading political commentary to individuals not in the political field.
I had Dr. Lilly as a professor. The pompus jerk makes trite political accusations that would make any Political Science professor laugh. I wouldn't be able to get away with his analysis of the Reagan era in the book in any of my PS classes.
Customer Review: 3 out of 5
WOULD BUY AGAIN - Item arrived in 4 days from order date, as described, new book, quick, thank you!
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
social context - The previous reviewer missed the point. Criminological theory should be studied with an appreciation of the social context (i.e., history) in which the theories were developed and extended.
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