Criminology: The Core, 4th Edition

Needed for course, great information.

Loved this book; read it cover-to-cover. It talks about complex issues in a way that is clear to understand, yet also well-written enough to keep your attention. In this book, you will discover the the history behind the study of criminality, what motivates it and what personal & social circumstances contribute to criminal behavior. The content inherently brings to light many current socio-economic issues, posing questions and begging the reader to consider what steps can be taken to help improve our constantly changing society.

I loved this book. It was easy to read and the concepts were understandable. The information was relevant to today and the examples were on events that happened recently. When I say recently I mean that the examples they use are dated past the 1900s. Since my criminology class was online, my teacher made us read a chapter and then have us take a test. Usually I have trouble with reading something without the professor explaining the topic. That was not the case with this book. There were very concise explanations that were easy to digest. Textbooks that I have used in the past are crammed with so much information that you can’t get the main point from them. More textbooks should be like this one.I purchased the used version of this book. When dealing with used books, generally I always get the ones that have markings in them from the previous user. This was not the case when I opened this book. It seemed like it was practically untouched. It almost looked as if it was brand new. The book’s cover looked fine as well. There was a bend in mine but it did not matter. The inside contents were unharmed and readable.The price for it was excellent too! If you are required to get a copy, get it here. It will save you a very good amount of money if you purchase the book here. It was cheaper than the other place I was about to get it from. Even if you are not taking a course in criminology, this book is still a good read for those interested in this topic. It was a good read and I actually learned something from it. I rarely say that about a textbook so take my word for it.

Thank you so much for getting me my book so fast. I changed my minor and had to order my Criminology book at the last minute. I received my book within a few days of ordering it. Considering I have 3 chapters to read this first week you saved me by shipping it so quickly. I can't thank you enough!!!!

This book was required as part of an "Intro to Criminology" course at a local community college. The course relied 100% on this book, and I can now see why. The authors skillfully survey the field of criminology in a relevant and easy to read manner. The book was recently updated, so the examples presented brought the concepts to real-life.

I was really excited about purchasing this textbook on my Kindle Fire. I found the ease of transport to be a top consideration. However, the novelty soon wore off for me. This may be just a quirk for me but I found the formatting for the digital edition to be distracting. My guess is that the hard copy is formatted with a central column of text and side margins for vocabulary and key points, I don't know for sure, I haven't actually looked at a physical textbook. I found that in the digital edition the key points, vocabulary, and photographs would sometimes be tossed into the text in the middle of the paragraph which for me was distracting and made me lose my train of thought and I would often read the insert and then have to backtrack and re-read the few sentences before and skip the inserted text to maintain the flow of the content. I think from now on I will stick to pleasure reads for my Kindle and continue to buy/rent hard copy textbooks.

Wonderful book. So much I learned; very interesting topic. The only things I did not like were the sections on white collar crimes. Such a liberal advantage point, down to blaming conservatives. Not very professional. Just give the facts, not opinion!

Book for school, seems kind of generic... seems to mostly give details of common sense perspective of criminology. I have, however, studied crime and psychology for a few years so perhaps it is only common sense because I'm familiar with the work already.