Handbook of Crime Correlates [With CDROM] Contributor(s): Ellis, Lee (Author), Beaver, Kevin M. (Author), Wright, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0123736129 ISBN-13: 9780123736123 Publisher: Academic Press OUR PRICE: $87.07 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Forensic Psychology - Psychology | Social Psychology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 660 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 8.7" W x 10.9" (2.45 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Over the past two centuries, many aspects of criminal behavior have been investigated. Finding this information and making sense of it all is difficult when many studies would appear to offer contradictory findings. The Handbook of Crime Correlates collects in one source the summary analysis of crime research worldwide. It provides over 400 tables that divide crime research into nine broad categories:
Within these broad categories, tables identify regions of the world and how separate variables are or are not positively or negatively associated with criminal behavior. Criminal behavior is broken down into separate offending categories of violent crime, property crime, drug offenses, sex offenses, delinquency, general and adult offenses, and recidivism. Accompanying each table is a description of what each table indicates in terms of the positive or negative association of specific variables with specific types of crime by region. This book should serve as a valuable resource for criminal justice personnel and academics in the social and life sciences interested in criminal behavior. |