Holdings: Crime and criminal behavior /

Bibliographic Details
Crime and criminal behavior / general editor, William J. Chambliss.
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. Criminal behavior. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. Corrections. Crime. Criminal justice, Administration of. Juvenile delinquency. Law enforcement. Electronic books.
Format	E-Resource, Book
URL for this record	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142856

Other authors / contributors	Chambliss, William J.
ISBN	9781452266442 1452266441 9781412994118 141299411X 9781780341279 178034127X 9781412978552 1412978556
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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