ABSTRACT

First Published in 1997. This is a book about the different ways in which crime and criminal behaviour has been explained in modern times. It will be seen that there are different explanations - or theories - which have been proposed at various times during the past 200 years by among others legal philosophers, biologists, psychologists, sociologists and political scientists.

part |32 pages

The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour

part |85 pages

The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour

chapter |19 pages

Biological positivism

chapter |17 pages

Psychological positivism

chapter |30 pages

Sociological positivism

chapter |15 pages

Women and positivism

part |47 pages

The victimised actor model of crime and criminal behaviour

chapter |11 pages

Labelling theories

chapter |11 pages

The gendered criminal

chapter |11 pages

Critical criminology

part |66 pages

Integrated explanations of crime and criminal behaviour