Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction (8th Edition)

A student-friendly up-to-date comprehensive introduction to the study of criminology. Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 8/e continues to offer students a clear contemporary and comprehensive introduction to criminology that encourages critical thinking about the causes of crime and crime-prevention strategies. The texts hallmark thematic approach of social problems versus social responsibility (Is crime a matter of individual responsibility or a symptom of a dysfunctional society?) prompts students to think critically about the causes of crime and helps them see the link between crime theories and crime policies. Updated with new information theories and statistics throughout the Eighth Edition also includes new stories about Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and the 2015 mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston SC. A new Annotated Instructors Edition is available allowing instructors to quickly and easily find helpful lecture notes discussion ideas and class assignments. Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 8/e is also available via REVEL an interactive learning environment that enables students to read practice and study in one continuous experience. Learn more.