Criminal Violence: Patterns, Explanations, and Interventions (Paperback)

Professor of Sociology Marc Riedel; Professor of Criminal Justice Wayne Welsh
Oxford University Press, USA
9780199386130
0-19-938613-7

Criminal Violence: Patterns, Explanations, and Prevention, Fourth Edition, provides a current, comprehensive, and highly accessible overview of major topics, theories, and controversies within the field.

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of criminal violence. Using engaging, straightforward language, Marc Riedel and Wayne Welsh consider diverse theoretical perspectives and present state-of-the-art prevention and intervention methods. In their discussions of various types of violence, the authors employ a consistent and coherent three-part framework that allows students to see the important relationships between research, theory, and application.