THE best-selling author in criminology education today, Larry Siegel fascinates students with real stories of crime, criminals, and the hottest debates in the field-effectively using real-world material to clarify criminology's concepts and theories. CRIMINOLOGY: THE CORE, Third Edition, is a brief, teachable (and affordable!) paperback that your students will read, enjoy, AND understand. Grounded in the cutting- edge theory and meticulous research that is Larry Siegel's trademark, this book covers every side of an issue without a political or theoretical position, allowing students to form their own opinions and appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of criminology. This edition is completely updated with new examples from today's headlines, current research findings, and the latest theories. Four-color, concise, and affordable, CRIMINOLOGY: THE CORE is a shorter, less expensive alternative to other criminology texts on the market, making it possible to design the text around the course versus the course around the text.