Criminology

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Criminology is written by Piers Beirne and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0155019260 (ISBN 10) and 9780155019263 (ISBN 13).

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.