Positivism, Empiricism and Criminology Theory
The discipline of criminology has been dominated since the turn of the century by an explanatory paradigm' known as 'positivism'. The distinctive features of that paradigm have been both substantive and methodological. On the substantive side 'positivist criminology' has bee...
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Main Authors: | WEATHERBURN, Don, FINDLAY, Mark |
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Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
1985
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2074 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4026/viewcontent/PositivismEmpiricismCT_LegalStud_1985.pdf |
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