Crime and criminal behavior / general editor, William J. Chambliss.

Contributor(s):

Chambliss, William J

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Key issues in crime and punishmentPublication details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781452266442
1452266441
9781412994118
141299411X
9781780341279
178034127X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

364.0973

LOC classification:

HV6025 .C677 2011

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Contents:

Age of consent -- Antisocial personality disorders -- Child abuse -- Civil disobedience -- Corporate crime -- Date rape -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Gambling -- Guns -- Hate crimes -- Intellectual property rights -- Internet crime -- Prescription drug abuse -- Prostitution -- Religious convictions -- State crime -- Terrorism and extremism -- Undocumented immigrants -- Vagrancy and the homeless -- War crimes.

Summary: Crime and Criminal Behavior delves into such hotly debated topics as age of consent, euthanasia and assisted suicide, gambling, guns, internet pornography, marijuana and other drug laws, religious convictions, and terrorism and extremism. From using a faking I.D. to assaulting one's domestic partner to driving drunk, a vast array of behaviors fit into the definition of criminal. The authors of these 20 chapters examine the historical contexts of each topic and offer arguments both for and against the ways in which legislators and courts have defined and responded to criminal behaviors, address.

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Crime and Criminal Behavior delves into such hotly debated topics as age of consent, euthanasia and assisted suicide, gambling, guns, internet pornography, marijuana and other drug laws, religious convictions, and terrorism and extremism. From using a faking I.D. to assaulting one's domestic partner to driving drunk, a vast array of behaviors fit into the definition of criminal. The authors of these 20 chapters examine the historical contexts of each topic and offer arguments both for and against the ways in which legislators and courts have defined and responded to criminal behaviors, address.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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