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Introductory Criminology - The Study of Risky Situations (Paperback)
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Introductory Criminology - The Study of Risky Situations (Paperback)
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Introductory Criminology: The Study of Risky Situations takes a
unique and intuitive approach to teaching and learning criminology.
Avoiding the fragmentation of ideas commonly found in criminology
textbooks, Marcus Felson and Mary A. Eckert develop a more
practical, readable structure that engages the reader and enhances
their understanding of the material. Their descriptive categories,
simultaneously broad and realistic, serve better than the usual
philosophical categories, such as "positivism" and "classicalism,"
to stimulate students' interest and critical thinking. Short
chapters, each broken into 5-7 sections, describe situations in
which crime is most likely to happen, and explain why they are
risky and what society can and can't do about crime. They create a
framework to organize ideas and facts, and then link these
categories to the leading theories developed by criminologists over
the last 100 years. With this narrative to guide them, students
remember the material beyond the final exam. This fresh new text
was created by two professors to address the main points they
encounter in teaching their own criminology courses. Problems
solved include: reluctant readers, aversion to abstract thinking,
fear of theory, and boredom with laundry lists of disconnected
ideas. Felson, a leader in criminology theory with a global
reputation for innovative thinking, and Eckert, an experienced
criminal justice researcher, are uniquely qualified to reframe
criminology in a unified arc. By design, they offer abstractions
that are useful and not overbearing; their prose is readable, and
their concepts are easy to comprehend and remember. This new
textbook challenges instructors to re-engage with theory and
present the essence of criminological thought for adult learners,
coaching students to grasp the concept before any label is attached
and allowing them to emerge with deeper understanding of what each
theory means and offers. Lean, with no filler or fluff like stock
photos, Introductory Criminology includes the authors' graphics to
crystallize and expand concepts from the text.
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