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The essays in this volume cover a broad range of criminal theory. Articles from sociology and law journals address images of crime and examine the intertwined relationships of gender, power, class and crime. This insightful volume illuminates the tenets of control theory, perhaps the most pressing theoretical discourse in crime theory today. By covering the territory of why people commit crime, in addition to how society and the law treat criminals, this volume is of use to criminologists, criminal law scholars, and psychologists.

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Francis T. Cullen is Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. Velmer S. Burton, Jr. teaches at the Criminal Justice Center at San Houston State University.

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