Basics of Criminology, First Edition 

Author: Thomas Gabor;
Division : Canadian Higher Education
ISBN-13: 9780070714533 (ISBN-10: 0070714533)
© 2010 | 1st Edition | 280 pages , Softcover
Status : Active, In-Print
List Price: $84.95
Online Learning Centre : http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/olc/gabor

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Description :
Basics of Criminology presents the fundamentals of criminology in a way that is concise, accessible, and stimulating for first-year students. The author fosters interest in criminology by capturing the excitement of the field while exposing students to a broad range of critical issues.

Many introductory students have expressed a need for an accessible text that covers the core material in the field. Basics of Criminology addresses that need. It is the first true essentials book in the market, and it contains the appropriate theory needed for an introductory criminology course.

• Concise, comprehensive coverage written by a well-known and respected author/educator. After teaching introductory criminology for 20 years, the author, Thomas Gabor, has first-hand knowledge of the teaching and learning approaches that work best for students. Accordingly, the coverage and approach of Basics of Criminology has been extremely well-received by students and instructors alike. He has successfully achieved his aim to create a student-friendly text that contains fewer than 300 pages - a practical length for typical one-semester introductory criminology courses - yet is still comprehensive in its coverage of the core material in the field of criminology.
  
• Flexible and well-balanced: The text assumes an unbiased approach which allows instructors to define their own course and emphasize issues and concepts they believe are most relevant. Contrary to many other texts on the market, the book is not prescriptive; rather, it provides a dialogue of facts for students to critically assess the information and apply their own conclusions.
  
• Clear theoretical explanation: Providing equal coverage of biological, sociological, and psychological theories, the text presents newer theories while exploring shortcomings of each discipline.
  
• Research-based: The author extensively reviewed scholarly materials to ensure that the text covers current themes and key issues relating to every core topic. Criminological research and cases are mostly drawn from Canada and the United States, yet their issues and teachings apply internationally.
  

About the Author:

Thomas Gabor
Thomas Gabor is a Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. He has been a member of the teaching staff there since 1981. In 1974, he completed his undergraduate degree in sociology with high honours (magna cum laude) from the University of Montreal (Loyola College Campus). His graduate studies were undertaken at University of Ottawa (M.A. in Criminology, 1977) and Ohio State University (Ph.D. in Sociology, 1983). In 1980, he was the first winner of the American Society of Criminology's prestigious Gene Carte Prize, an award he received for his research on Crime Displacement. He was also the recipient of a total of 13 graduate fellowships. In 1980, he was elected into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi for placing among the top five percent of university graduates in the United States. More recently, he has been inducted into the Canadian Who's Who and Criminology Who's Who, and has been nominated for several teaching awards.

Dr. Gabor is Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice and has served on the journal's editorial committee for 19 years. He is a recognized national and international expert in the areas of firearms and public safety, armed robbery, and crime prevention. He also has a growing interest in terrorism and white-collar and organized crime. He has published over 125 books, research reports, journal articles, and media articles, and, in a study published in the British Journal of Criminology, was listed among the most influential criminologists in the English-speaking world. He has also contributed a chapter on firearms and violent crime to the Encyclopedia of Criminology.

Aside from his academic work, Dr. Gabor has served as a consultant to many international and national organizations. He has provided advice to the United Nations, Lord Cullen's Inquiry on Firearms Policy in the United Kingdom, the Department of Justice Canada, the Canadian Firearms Centre, the Policy Centre for Victims Issues, the Solicitor General Canada, the Ottawa Police Service, the National Drug Council of the Cayman Islands, the Auditor General of Canada, the Correctional Service of Canada, as well as various Crown counsel and law firms. He has served as a visiting scholar at the Department of Justice?s Research and Statistics Division. He has been a lead author of some highly influential national reports on the future of policing and on school violence. Dr. Gabor has also provided expert testimony in front of the House of Commons Justice Committee and the Canadian Senate. In addition, he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, and his views have been widely cited in the print media.