Download or read book A Primer in the Sociology of Crime written by S. Giora Shoham and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English language adaptation of a Hebrew textbook introduces theories of crime and delinquency drawn from sociology.Chapter topics include: criminology and social deviance; theoretical and methodological issues in criminology; ecological theories; strain theories; differential association and learning theories; control theories; social reactions to crime; conflict and radical perspectives on crime; and recent developments.