Introduction to Criminology: A Text/Reader / Edition 1

This uniquely comprehensive criminology textbook provides instructors and students the best of both worlds -- a text with carefully selected accompanying readings. The readings have a policy orientation, giving them a real-world, applied character. Containing all the usual topics found within a typical textbook, this text/reader uniquely includes a more extensive coverage of what the psychological and biological sciences have to offer. This book presents criminological theory and concepts first in their traditional form and then shows, in the text and then in the journal readings portion, how integrating theory and concepts from the more basic sciences can complement, expand, strengthen, and add coherence to them. With more coverage of the kinds of crimes and criminals that students find most fascinating, such as serial killing, terrorism, psychopathy, and organized crime, this text/reader offers a more complete look at the world of criminology than any other existing text. This text/reader is divided into 14 sections that mirror the sections in a typical criminology textbook, each dealing with a particular type of subject matter in criminology. Supplemented with a full ancillary package, including a robust student study site and Instructor's Resources on CD-Rom (contact info@sagepub.com to request a copy), this text/reader provides a low-cost, high-value option for both students and instructors.