Crime and criminal behavior /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (345 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Key issues in crime and punishment Key issues in crime and punishment.
Subject:	Crime. Law enforcement. Criminal justice, Administration of. Corrections. Juvenile delinquency. Corrections. Crime. Criminal justice, Administration of. Juvenile delinquency. Law enforcement. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142856

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Other authors / contributors:	Chambliss, William J.
ISBN:	9781452266442 1452266441 9781412994118 141299411X 9781780341279 178034127X 9781412978552 1412978556
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: 9781412978552

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