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Understanding Deviance

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Understanding Deviance

By David Downes, Paul Rock, Eugene McLaughlin

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An indispensable guide to the sociological theories behind crime, it outlines the principal theories of crime and rule-breaking, discussing them chronologically. Placing each theory in its European and North American contexts, the authors confront major criticisms that have been voiced against each theory, and construct defences where appropriate. Thoroughly revised and updated in its 7th edition, this is the clearest and most authoritative guide to crime and deviance, written by three leading n...Show more

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9780198747345

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2016

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1

Original title

Understanding Deviance

Format

Paperback

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