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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michael l benson”
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  • Crime and the Life Course

    by Michael L. Benson ...
    Series series Criminology and Justice Studies
    In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cursory treatment. Crime and the Lifecourse: An Introduction by Michael L. Benson provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and theory on the life-course approach to crime. The book ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • White-Collar Crime

    An Opportunity Perspective

    by Michael L. Benson, Sally S. Simpson, Melissa Rorie, Jay P. Kennedy ...
    Series series Criminology and Justice Studies
    White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective analyzes white-collar crime using the opportunity perspective, which assumes that all crimes depend on offenders recognizing an opportunity to commit an offense. The authors explicate the processes and situational conditions that facilitate opportunities for white-collar crimes and the likelihood of being victimized by white-collar crime. In addition, ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

  • Corporate Crime Under Attack

    The Fight to Criminalize Business Violence

    by Gray Cavender, Francis T. Cullen, William J. Maakestad, Michael L. Benson ...
    In exploring the criminalization of corporations, this book uses the landmark "Ford Pinto case" as a centerpiece for exploring corporate violence and the long effort to bring such harm within the reach of the criminal law. Corporations that illegally endanger human life now must negotiate the surveillance of government regulators and risk civil suits from injured parties seeking financial ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of White-Collar Crime

    Edited by Shanna R. Van Slyke, Michael L. Benson, Francis T. Cullen ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Although white-collar crime has caused a substantial amount of damage on both the individual and societal levels, it often ranks below street crime as a matter of public concern. Thus, white-collar crime remains an ambiguous and even controversial topic among academics, with a relative dearth of scholarly focus on the issue. The Oxford Handbook of White-Collar Crime offers a comprehensive ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

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    by Allan J. Lichtman ...
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    by Robert Perkinson ...
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    by Jonathan Simon ...
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