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Key Ideas in Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Travis C. Pratt - University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute, USA
- Jacinta M. Gau - University of Central Florida, USA
- Travis W. Franklin - Sam Houston State University, USA
December 2010 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
By focusing on key ideas in both criminology and criminal justice, this book brings a new and unique perspective to understanding critical research in criminology and criminal justice -- heretofore, the practice has been to separate criminology and criminal justice. However, given their interconnected nature, this book brings both together cohesively. In going beyond simply identifying and discussing key contributions and their effects by giving students a broader socio-political context for each key idea, this book concretely conceptualizes the key ideas in ways that students will remember and understand.
1. Introduction
2. Key Idea: Rational Offending and Rational Punishment
3. Key Idea: The Science of Criminal Behavior
4. Key Idea: Understanding Crime and Society
5. Key Idea: Hirschi’s Social Bond/Social Control Theory
6. Key Idea: Rehabilitation is Dead
7. Key Idea: Crime Control Through Selective Incapacitation
8. Key Idea: The Police Can Control Crime
9. Key Idea: The War on Drugs
10. Key Idea: Rehabilitation—Not Dead Yet
11. Key Idea: Crime and the Life Course
12. Looking Back, Looking Forward: Conclusions
This book is excellent! I will not be adopting it for the class I originally listed, but will instead save it for Intro to Criminology. The theories are explained in a way that will be more interesting for students by giving the social context as well. It is also an easy read so I can supplement it with additional pieces rather than using this book as a supplement to a larger textbook (which I think would be too much reading for undergrads).
Sociology Anthropology Dept, Pacific University
March 28, 2016
