Customer Reviews

Theoretical Criminology

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This is hands down the best crim theory text book available. It's designed for undergrads, but it provides a brief, thorough, and direct synopsis of all the most important theories a grad student might study for comprehensive exams, so it's a great way to review and to make sure you're covering all your bases. The only reason I'm giving it 4 instead of 5 stars is because this edition is already 7 years old. A ton of research has come out in the last few years, and I think theoretical topography has changed quite a bit, especially with self control theory, developmental and life course perspectives, and recent work on communities and crime dominating the field. A must-have for any criminology grad student.

This book is a "must have" for those interested in criminology or the history of criminology as well as how criminal research impacts social policy, laws, and programs

This is a good book for those who are studying criminology since it introduced a lot of theories explaining crime and criminals. The author, George Vold, was such a well-learnt criminologist. It is worth of keeping his book in our bookshelf.

It was a fine textbook. My mother has used it to learn on her own about criminology, and she is also very pleased with it.

Good price for a good quality book apart from the highlighting on quite a few pages - not stated in the description.
as it happens my daughter says it shouldn't be a problem.