| Description |
1 online resource (345 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Key issues in crime and punishment
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Key issues in crime and punishment.
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| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Age of consent -- Antisocial personality disorders -- Child abuse -- Civil disobedience -- Corporate crime -- Date rape -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Gambling -- Guns -- Hate crimes -- Intellectual property rights -- Internet crime -- Prescription drug abuse -- Prostitution -- Religious convictions -- State crime -- Terrorism and extremism -- Undocumented immigrants -- Vagrancy and the homeless -- War crimes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crime.
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Crime. |
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Law enforcement.
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Law enforcement. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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Corrections.
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Corrections. |
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Juvenile delinquency.
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Juvenile delinquency. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chambliss, William J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781412978552 |
| ISBN |
9781452266442 (electronic book) |
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1452266441 (electronic book) |
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9781412994118 (electronic book) |
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141299411X (electronic book) |
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9781780341279 (online) |
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178034127X (online) |
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9781412978552 |
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1412978556 |
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