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'... by far the most comprehensive, contemporary and wide-ranging reader on the market ... I have no doubt that it will prove very successful indeed.'– Dave Edwards, London Metropolitan University'... it's a terrific collection and nothing nearly as good exists elsewhere.'– Jonathan Simon, University of California Berkeley'A lot of criminology for little money. It contains so many classics we want our students to read anyway, that it is fair to say it is an excellent buy for anyone studying criminology'– Professor Renvan Swaaningen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is currently President of the British Society of Criminology. Tim is the author or editor of over 30 books, the most recent of which are The Politics of Crime Control (edited with Paul Rock, Oxford University Press 2006); Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice (with Trevor Jones, Open University Press 2007); and the Handbook of Criminal Investigation (co-edited with Tom Williamson and Alan Wright, Willan Publishing 2007). Offers students a range of excerpts (over 140 readings) from original criminological texts and key articles. This title introduces students to criminological argument and debate and also encourages them to read primary as well as secondary or summary sources. Zusammenfassung Key Readings in Criminology provides a comprehensive single-volume collection of readings in criminology, providing students with convenient access to a broad range of excerpts from original criminological texts and key articles.1. Understanding Crime and Criminology Introduction. Key concepts and questions for discussion 1.1 What is crime?, Paul Tappan 1.2 Conceptions of deviance, official data and deviants, Steven Box 1.3 The construction and deconstruction of crime, John Muncie 1.4 A suitable amount of crime, Nils Christie 2. Crime and Punishment in History Introduction. Key concepts and questions for discussion 2.1 Execution and the English people, Vic Gatrell 2.2 Eighteenth-century punishment, Michael Ignatieff 2.3 Prosecutors and the courts, Clive Emsley 2.4 Police and people: the birth of Mr Peel's blue locusts, Michael Ignatieff 2.5The London Garotting Panic of 1862: a moral panic and the creation of acriminal class in mid-Victorian England, Jennifer Davis 3. Crime Data and Crime Trends Introduction. Key concepts and questions for discussion 3.1 The social construction of official statistics on criminal deviance, Steven Box 3.2 A note on the use of official statistics, John Kitsuse and Aaron Cicourel 3.3 The origins of the British Crime Survey, Mike Hough, Mike Maxfield, B. Morris and J Simmons 3.4 Unravelling recent crime patterns and trends, Robert Reiner 4. Crime and the Media, Introduction, Key concepts and questions for discussion 4.1What makes crime 'news'?, Jack Katz 4.2 The media politics of crime and criminal justice, Philip Schlesinger, H. Tumber, and G. Murdock 4.3 On the continuing problem of media effects, Sonia Livingstone 4.4 The sociology of moral panics, Stan Cohen 5. Classicism and Positivism Introduction. Key concepts and questions for discussion 5.1 On Crimes and Punishments, Cesare Beccaria 5.2 The female born criminal, Cesare Lombroso 5.3 The positive school of criminology, Enrico Ferri 6. Biological Positivism Introduction. Key concepts and questions for discussion 6.1 Criminal anthropology in the United States, Nicola Rafter 6.2 The increasing appropriation of genetic explanations, Troy Duster 6.3 Biosocial studies of antisocial and violent behaviour in children and adults, Adrian Raine 6.4 Evolutionary psychology and crime, Satoshi Kanazawa 7. Psychologica...
