Shakespeare's criminals : criminology, fiction, and drama
By exploring Shakespeare's use of law and justice themes in the context of historical and contemporary criminological thinking, this book challenges criminologists to expand their spheres of inquiry to avenues that have yet to be explored or integrated into the discipline.
Print Book, English, 1999
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Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1999
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x, 172 Seiten.
9780313308703, 0313308705
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PrefaceThe Problem and Elizabethan EnglandA Case for the Use of Literary Works in CriminoloyThe Historical Setting: Shakespeare's EnglandCrimes and Deviance Committed by Selected CharactersViolence Against the PersonProperty CrimesNoncriminal Deviance and Nonviolent Sexual DevianceRelationship Between Criminological Theory and the Behavior of Selected Shakespearean CharactersClassicalism: Rational Choice: MacbethLombrosianism, Theories of Heredity, and Psychopathy and the Antisocial PersonalityEcological Theory: Pompey, FrothSocial Learning Theories: Othello, Richard IIISocial Control and Bond Theories: Lady Macbeth, Othello, Richard IIINormality of Crime and Strain/Anomie TheoriesSocial Reaction/Labeling Theory: ShylockConflict Theory: ShylockIntegrated TheoriesSocial Control and Legal IssuesThe Etiology of PunishmentThe Duke's JudgmentConclusion and RecommendationAppendix: Who Was William Shakespeare?BibliographyName IndexSubjectIndex