RT Book
T1 Defining crime: a critique of the concept and its implication
A1 Lynch, Michael J.
A2 Stretesky, Paul B. 1967-
A2 Long, Michael A.
A2 Stretesky, Paul
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1615956166
AB "Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity. Lynch, Stretesky, and Long argue that a scientific definition of crime must be detached from criminal law and the variation the political construction imposes. The authors propose an alternative definition of crime, explore its limitations, and how it can reshape criminological research"--
OP 194
NO Includes bibliographical references (page 173-185) and index
CN HV6025
SN 9781137479341
K1 Criminology
K1 Crime
K1 Verbrechen : Kriminologie