Table of contents
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Prologue
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Unresolved Conceptual and Methodological Issues
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Criminals and Victims, Criminology and Victimology
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Criminology Past, Present and Future
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Criminology Past: The Historical Evolution of Criminological Thought
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Criminology Present: Unsuccessful Endeavours, Unfulfilled Potential and Promising Trends
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Criminology Future: What Does the Future Hold for Criminology?
About this book
Introduction
Written by an internationally renowned authority in the field, the founder of the highly regarded School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, the book draws heavily on research done on three Continents: North America, Europe and Australia, to trace the discipline's historical evolution, its current problems, disappointing achievements, and promising trends. It concludes with a prospective look at the future of criminology and criminology of the future. Although the perspective is critical, the author's critique is constructive and he expresses a healthy optimism about the discipline's future and offers several guidelines as to how current deficiencies could be remedied and present gaps could be addressed.
Keywords
crime criminology Europe evolution health research rhetoric school sociology university
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25838-3
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection
- Print ISBN 978-0-333-68310-1
- Online ISBN 978-1-349-25838-3
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