Screen LibraryCriminology and public policy：putting theory to work
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Temple University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 292 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781439900062 (cloth : alk. paper) 143990006X (cloth : alk. paper) 9781439900079 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1439900078 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781439900086 (e-book) 1439900086 (e-book) |
| Index Number: | D917 |
| CLC: | D917 |
| Call Number: | D917/C929-13 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction to part one : putting criminological theory into practice / Hugh D. Barlow and Scott H. Decker -- Control balance theory and social policy / Charles R. Tittle -- Controlling crime : recommendations from general strain theory / Robert Agnew -- The normal crime rate, the economy, and mass incarceration : an institutional anomie perspective on crime control policy / Richard Rosenfeld and Steven F. Messner -- A general theory of crime and public policy / Alex R. Piquero -- Nothing is as practical as a good theory : social learning theory and the treatment and prevention of delinquency / Ronald L. Akers. |