Previous ed.: Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace College, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Designed for upper-level senior and graduate criminological theory courses, this text examines the ideas and assumptions underlying each major theoretical perspective in criminology. This book provides students with an overview of criminological theory that enables evaluative comparisons among different theorists. Criminological Theory is an examination of the major theoretical perspectives in criminology today. Werner J. Einstadter and Stuart Henry lay bare various theorists' ideas about human nature, social structure, social order, concepts of law, crime and criminals, the logic of crime causation, and the policies and practices that follow from these premises. Material is presented and organized around these analytic and critical dimensions throughout the text. Criminological Theory provides students with a clear overview of the subject that enables informed comparisons among diverse concepts. Abstract concepts are explained clearly to maximize the significance of each theoretical framework. The authors cover the major literature in an engaging, comprehensive, and accessible way, allowing students to develop a critical understanding of foundational and contemporary ideas in Criminology.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9780742542914

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.