Criminology - A Sociological Introduction

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, this text offers an authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives, to contemporary criminal justice, to pressing international issues in crime and punishment.

List of contents

Part 1: The Criminological Imagination, 1. Introduction, 2. Histories of Crime, 3. Researching Crime, Part 2: Thinking About Crime, 4. Enlightenment and Early Traditions, 5. Early Sociological Thinking about Crime, 6. Radicalizing Traditions: Marxism, feminism and Foucault, 7. Crime, Social Theory and Social Change, 8. Crime, Place and Space, 9. Victims and Victimization, Part 3: Doing Crime, 10. Life Course Criminology, 11. Theft, Fraud and Other Property Crimes, 12. Crime, Sexuality and Gender, 13. Crime, the Emotions and Social Psychology, 14. Organised Crime, 15. Corporate Crime and Crimes of the Powerful, 16. Drugs, Alcohol, Health and Crime, Part 4: Controlling Crime, 17. Thinking about Punishment, 18. The Criminal Justice Process, 19. The Police and Policing, 20. Prisons and Imprisonment, Part 5: Globalising Crime, 21. Green Criminology and Environmental Crime, 22. Crime and Media, 23. Digital Criminology and Cybercrime, 24. Political Violence, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism, 25.State Crime and War Crime, 25. Criminological Futures.

About the author

Eamonn Carrabine, Isabel Crowhurst, Pete Fussey, Anna Sergi, Nigel South, Darren Thiel, Jackie Turton

Summary

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, this text offers an authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives, to contemporary criminal justice, to pressing international issues in crime and punishment.

Product details

• Authors: Eamon Carrabine, Eamon Cox Carrabine, Eamonn (University of Essex Carrabine, Pam Cox, Cox Pam, Isabel Crowhurst, Crowhurst Isabel, Anna Di Ronco, Pete Fussey, Fussey Pete, Anna Sergi, Sergi Anna, Nigel South, Darren Thiel, Thiel Darren, Jackie Turton, Turton Jackie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2020
• EAN: 9781138566262
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56626-2
• No. of pages: 728
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminology: legal aspects