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The book discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each perspective and its contribution to the field as a whole. This sixth edition has been thoroughly updated to include new examples. Crime and criminology rob white, fiona haines oxford university press south melbourne, vic 2008. The sixth edition explores the key theories that explain criminal behaviour in society, providing students with the opportunity to evaluate how criminologists employ these theories in their analysis of criminological issues. Using criminology as a foundation, this research explores the personality, psychology, and sociology of whitecollar crime. It encourages students to debate, compare and question different perspectives and theorie. Academic journal article pakistan journal of criminology. Crime and criminology, third edition, is about the causes of crime. General strain theory and whitecollar crime springerlink. Unit introduction criminology is the study of crime. An initial test of agnews macrolevel strain theory timothy brezina alex r.
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