00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004595 20221111081502 0010-0520004595 221111################|##########|#eng## 9780415431798 eng 364 364 WAT i Watts, Rob Judith Bessant and Richard Hil. International Criminology : A Critical Introduction. / Rob Watts New York : Routledge, 2008 vi, 268 p. ; 24 cm. Indeks : p. 261-268 p. 239-259 This book provides a clear, accessible yet critical introduvtion to how conventional criminologists in the UK, the USA and Australia think about and carry out research on crime. What do we mean by ideas like 'crime' or 'violence'? And is measuring crime rates actually possible? This Book offers a thoughful, comparative, historical account of how criminologhy has evolved into a modern social scientific disciplines, Provides a simple framework for anyone wanting to understand criminologists, showing how it is possible to think critically about the claims made and evidence used by criminologists, Points out the value of checking the assumptions relied on by criminologists, Shows how a combination of persistent social myths and preoccuptions with scientific rigour have produced simplistic explanations like'poverty causes crime', Provides a lively, critical counterbalance to various beliefs that obstruct more practical approaches to crime. Criminology Crime 10197/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10198/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10198/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10197/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10197/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10198/MKRI-P/XI-2008