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This book provides a historical and theoretical introduction to criminology, examining the chronology of criminological theory, the social and political context of its development and its relationship with the criminal justice system.
List of contents
Part 1. Preliminaries and Early History, 1. Criminology, crime, deviance and criminal justice, 2. Measuring crime and criminality, 3. Criminology and criminologists up to world war two, Part 2. World War 2 to the Mid 60’s, 4. The discipline of criminology and its context 1, 5. Social disorganisation and anomie, 6. Strain, subcultures and delinquency, 7. Criminological theory in Britain, Part 3. The mid-60’s to the early 70’s, 8. The discipline of criminology and its context 2, 9. New Deviancy Theory: the interactionist approach to deviance, Part 4. The 1970s, 10. The discipline of criminology and its context 3, 11. Post-new deviancy and the new criminology, Part 5. 1980s to the mid-90s, 12. The discipline of criminology and its context 4, 13. Criminological Theory – feminism and administrative, right realism, critical criminology and left realism, Part 6. The mid 90’s to the new millennium, 14. The discipline of criminology and its context 5, 15. Criminological Theories: Recent Developments, 16. Conclusion/Postscript
About the author
John Tierney is a retired lecturer in criminology from Durham University. Maggie O'Neill is Professor of Criminology at Durham University.
Summary
This book provides a historical and theoretical introduction to criminology, examining the chronology of criminological theory, the social and political context of its development and its relationship with the criminal justice system.
