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Informationen zum Autor Colin Sumner is an investment manager and writer. He was Professor and Head of the Law School at the University of East London and for many years a Lecturer at the Institute of Criminology and a Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Barcelona, Hamburg, Berkeley, Simon Fraser, Queen's [Kingston], St. Mary's, and Dar es Salaam. His books include Reading Ideologies (1979), Crime, Justice and Underdevelopment ( 1982), Censure, Politics and Criminal Justice (1990), The Sociology of Deviance (1994), Violence, Culture and Censure (1996), and Social Control and Political Order (ed. with Roberto Bergalli, 1997). He also edited a book series entitled New Directions in Criminology and, with Piers Beirne, founded and edited the journal Theoretical Criminology . Klappentext The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Authored by an international group of expert criminologists, these original essays focus on major issues in criminology today, commenting upon key debates and theories, outlining the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and discussing contemporary developments. Written accessibly for the student, with an international perspective and drawing on first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology. Zusammenfassung The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Written accessibly! and with its international perspective and first-rate scholarship! this is truly the first global handbook of criminology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. List of Contributors. Part I: Crime, Justice, and Societies:. 1. The Social Nature of Crime and Deviance: Colin Sumner. 2. Theories of Social Control and the State between American and European Shores: Dario Melossi (University of Bologna). 3. Criminal Justice Process and the War on Crime: Markus Dirk Dubber (State University of New York). 4. Criminology, Genocide, and Modernity: Remarks on the Companion that Criminology Ignored: Wayne Morrison (University of London). Part II: Juvenile Delinquency and Justice for Youth:. 5. The Criminologists' Gang: Jack Katz and Curtis Jackson-Jacobs (both University of California, Los Angeles). 6. Youth Crime and Crime Control in Contemporary Japan:Mark Fenwick (Kyushu University, Japan). 7. Consumer Culture and Crime inLate Modernity: Keith J. Hayward (University of Kent). 8. The Politics of Youth Crime and Justice in South Africa: Elrena van der Spuy (University of Cape Town), Wilfried Schärf (University of Cape Town), and Jeffrey Lever (University of Stellensbosch, Cape Town). Part III: Punishment and Its Alternatives:. 9. Penal Policies and Contemporary Politics: Pat O'Malley (University of Sydney). 10. Beyond Bricks, Bars, and Barbed Wire: The Genesis and Proliferation of Alternatives to Incarceration in the United States: Barry R. Holman and Robert A. Brown (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis). 11. Rehabilitation: An Assessment of Theory and Research: Mark W. Lipsey (Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy), Nana A. Landenberger (Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy), and Gabrielle L. Chapman (Tennessee Department of Corrections). 12. Female Punishment: From Patriarchy to Backlash? Laureen Snider (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario). Part IV: Gender and the Masculinity of Crime:. 13. Beyond Bad Girls: Feminist Perspectives on Female Offending: Meda Chesney-Lind (University of Hawaii). 14. Managing "Men's Violence" in the Criminological Ar...
