Criminology,
6th Edition

Part I: CONCEPTS OF CRIME, LAW, AND CRIMINOLOGY.
1. Crime and Criminology.
2. The Nature and Extent of Crime.
3. Victims and Victimization.
Part II: THEORIES OF CRIME CAUSATION.
4. Rational Choice Theory.
5. Trait Theory.
6. Social Structure Theory.
7. Social Process Theory.
8. Social Conflict, Critical Criminology, and Restorative Justice.
9. Developmental Theories: Life Course, Propensity, and Trajectory.
Part III: CRIME TYPOLOGIES.
10. Violent Crime.
11. Political Crime and Terrorism.
12. Economic Crimes: White-Collar, Blue-Collar, and Green-Collar.
13. Public Order Crimes.
14. Crimes of the New Millennium: Cyber Crime, Technology, and Transnational Organized Crimes.

• Larry J. Siegel

  Larry J. Siegel was born in the Bronx, New York. While living on Jerome Avenue and attending City College in the 1960s, he was swept up in the social and political currents of the time. He became intrigued with the influence contemporary culture had on individual behavior: Did people shape society or did society shape people? He applied his interest in social forces and human behavior to the study of crime and justice. After graduating from CCNY, he attended the newly opened program in criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany, where he earned both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. After completing his graduate work, Dr. Siegel began his teaching career at Northeastern University, where he was a faculty member for nine years. After leaving Northeastern, he held teaching positions at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire and the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where he taught for 27 years; he is now a professor emeritus. Dr. Siegel has written extensively in the area of crime and justice, including books on juvenile law, delinquency, criminology, criminal justice, courts, corrections and criminal procedure. He is currently completing a book on policing in America. He is a court-certified expert on police conduct and has testified in numerous legal cases. The father of four and grandfather of three, he and his wife, Terry, now live in Naples, Florida, where he continues to write on various topics and issues in crime and justice.

• New case vignettes illuminate concepts and theories throughout the text. Siegel selects contemporary examples based on relevance, notoriety, and the way in which they raise important legal or procedural issues. Topics include the Ferguson shooting; the Charleston Church massacre; a cancer doctor who made millions of dollars giving people a false diagnosis (illustrating "rational choice" in Ch. 4); and Newtown shooter Adam Lanza (Ch. 5) as well as other high profile cases to suggest that crime is not always just a matter of rational choice, but rather the product of a "twisted mind."

• Completely updated throughout, this edition includes new or revised discussions of such timely topics as ISIS, terrorism and lone wolf terrorists, urban prostitution and cyber-hooking, green crime, mass murder, sex trafficking, hate crime, campus rape and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act, mental illness and crime, and many other hot topics in the field of criminology.

• The new MindTap® for Criminology: The Core, is an online learning platform offering customizable content, course analytics, an e-reader, and an applied learning experience -- all delivered within your current learning management system. With its rich array of media assets -- all tagged by learning objective and Bloom's Taxonomy level -- MindTap engages students, guides them toward mastery of basic concepts, and advances their critical thinking abilities.

• New case vignettes illuminate concepts and theories throughout the text. Contemporary examples are selected based on relevance, notoriety, and the way in which they raise important legal or procedural issues. Topics include the Ferguson shooting; the Charleston Church massacre; a cancer doctor who made millions of dollars giving people a false diagnosis (illustrating the concept of "rational choice" in Ch. 4); and Newtown shooter Adam Lanza (Ch. 5) as well other high profile cases to suggest that crime is not always just a matter of rational choice, but rather the product of a "twisted mind."

• Completely updated throughout, this edition includes new or revised discussions of such timely topics as ISIS, terrorism and lone wolf terrorists, urban prostitution and cyber-hooking, green crime, mass murder, sex trafficking, hate crime, campus rape and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act, mental illness and crime, and many other hot topics in the field of criminology.

• The new MindTap® for Criminology: The Core engages you with video cases, career scenarios, and interactive investigation labs, and shows you where you stand at all times -- both individually and compared to the highest performers in class. MindTap guides you through a learning path customized by your instructor for your course. You'll master the most important information with built-in study tools such as visual chapter summaries and integrated learning objectives that help you stay organized and use your time efficiently.

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• "Policies and Issues in Criminology" boxes show how criminological ideas and research can be put into action. The features include actual examples of research, discussions of the future policy implications of such research, and questions that promote critical thinking. Topics include whether peer deviance affects behavior (Ch. 7); the effectiveness of restorative justice initiatives (Ch. 8); and new to this edition, a discussion of honor killing and honor crime violence against women and girls, which men in some cultures consider to be necessary (Ch. 10).

• "Profiles in Crime" features present actual crimes that help to illustrate the position or views within the chapter. For example, "I Can't Breathe" covers the death of Eric Garner at the hands of police officers because he was believed to be selling "loosies" (single cigarettes) from packs without a tax stamp, prohibited by NYC law.

• Chapter Learning Objectives spell out what students should learn in each chapter, and are reinforced through their linkage to end-of-chapter summaries as well as all of the text's ancillary materials.

• A strong framework of study tools in every chapter maximizes student success, helping readers retain what they learn and encouraging them to think critically about what they read. Study tools include "Thinking Like a Criminologist" role-plays, "Checkpoints", "Connections" boxes to help students link concepts from chapter to chapter, "Critical Thinking" questions, and more.

• Helping you identify and master key concepts as you read, each chapter provides study tools including Chapter Outlines, Chapter Objectives, Checkpoints, Concept Summaries, Web links in the margins, Chapter Summaries, lists of Key Terms, and Critical Thinking Questions.

• Offering opportunities for hands-on application, "Thinking Like a Criminologist" scenarios present intriguing questions or issues and then ask you to apply what you have learned from your reading assignments. You'll consider the connections between mental illness, substance abuse, and crime; whether laws about sex with minors should be changed to reflect current social behaviors; whether "shaming" of public officials who commit crime could deter crime; the appropriateness of using torture with suspected terrorists; and other topics.

• Intriguing boxed features bring criminology's current issues and controversies to life. For instance, "Policies and Issues in Criminology" boxes spotlight today's hottest debates, covering such topics as whether peer deviance affects behavior (Ch. 7); the effectiveness of restorative justice initiatives (Ch. 8); and honor killing and honor crime violence against women and girls, which men in some cultures consider to be necessary (Ch. 10).

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