Features:

• full description and dynamic readings on the crime types of most concern to society
  • homicide and assault
  • violent sex crimes
  • robbery, burglary, property crime
  • public order crime
  • crimes within complex organization
• provocative conceptual framework for understanding of patterns of offending, victimization, crime settings, and societal responses
• diverse voices and compelling writing add real-life immediacy and authenticity to the study of the dominant social, behavioral, cognitive, and cultural dimensions of crime
• headnotes to each reading highlight major conceptual themes, findings, and links to the broader framework
• discussion questions engage readers in broader questions of cause, response, and prevention
• key terms included for each chapter
• wide-ranging references to major resources for further reading and research
• stellar authorship
  • widely published and highly regarded scholar
  • special interests in criminal justice, organizational culture within law enforcement agencies, forms of deviance and criminal behaviors in organizational settings, and qualitative research methods