Criminology: a sociological understanding 8th by Steven E Barkan

PART 1: Understanding Crime and Victimization

1. Criminology and the Sociological Perspective

2. Public Opinion, the News Media, and the Crime Problem

3. The Measurement and Patterning of Criminal Behavior

4.  Victims and Victimization

PART 2: Explaining Crime

5. Classical and Neoclassical Perspectives

6. Biological and Psychological Explanations

7. Sociological Theories: Emphasis on Social Structure

8. Sociological Theories: Emphasis on Social Process

9.  Sociological Theories: Critical Perspectives

PART 3: Criminal Behaviors

10. Violent Crime: Homicide, Assault, and Robbery

11. Violence Against Women

12. Property Crime and Fraud

13. White-Collar and Organized Crime

14. Political Crime

PART 4: Controllin