Criminal lives [electronic resource] : family life, employment, and offending / Barry S. Godfrey, David J. Cox and Stephen Farrall.
Series: Clarendon studies in criminology: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 213 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780191696046.Subject(s): Criminals -- England, North West -- Family relationships -- History -- 19th century | Criminals -- England, North West -- Family relationships -- History -- 20th century | Criminals -- Employment -- England, North West -- History -- 19th century | Criminals -- Employment -- England, North West -- History -- 20th century | Crime -- England, North West -- History -- 19th century | Crime -- England, North West -- History -- 20th century | True Crime | Social services & welfare, criminologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199217205DDC classification: 364.9427 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text examines the history of crime and uses historical data to analyse modern criminological debates. Drawing on criminology, history, and social policy, the book addresses important issues about offenders' persistence in crime, and questions the current theoretical framework used to explain offending patterns.Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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This text examines the history of crime and uses historical data to analyse modern criminological debates. Drawing on criminology, history, and social policy, the book addresses important issues about offenders' persistence in crime, and questions the current theoretical framework used to explain offending patterns.
Specialized.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.