<p>This comprehensive text introduces the basic aspects of modern criminology, emphasizing the importance of historical, feminist, and comparative perspectives on crime and offering a critical sociological perspective on the relationship between crime and structured social inequality. The authors explore what crime is and why it occurs by examining the four major forms of social inequality in the U.S.--class, gender, race, and age--and their influence on patterns of crime and victimization.</p>

Criminology

Politics & Social Sciences

Bierne, Piers

Messerschmidt, James W.

Social Sciences

Wadsworth Publishing

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Criminology