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The Oxford Handbook of Criminology
By
Mike Maguire, Rod Morgan, and Robert Reiner
Description
* A complete and authoritative single-volume guide to
criminology: Essential reading for all students, teachers, and
criminologists, it is a book that will last students for the duration
of their studies and beyond
* Brings together contributions from leading academics detailing
the relevant theory, recent research, policy developments, and
current debates, enabling students to fully appreciate the diverse
array of viewpoints in criminological discourse
* Includes detailed references enabling readers to further
research the topics discussed
* An accompanying website (Online Resource Centre) includes
selected chapters from previous editions, web links to key
criminological resources and advice on answering essay questions
New to this
edition
* Fully updated to include discussion and analysis of all new
developments, including a new chapter on imprisonment and the
changing penal system
* Headings, bullet points and data tables are all presented in a
clear two-colour text design
The most comprehensive and authoritative single volume text on the
subject, the fourth edition of the acclaimed Oxford Handbook of
Criminology combines masterly reviews of all the key topics with
extensive references to aid further research. In addition to the
history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical
perspectives, the book provides up-to-date reviews of diverse topics
as the criminal justice process, race and gender, crime statistics,
and the media and crime. The fourth edition has been substantially
revised and updated and is essential reading for all teachers and
students of criminology and an indispensable sourcebook for
professionals.
Online Resource
Centre
* Web links to key criminological resources allowing students to
further research the subject
* Notes on the Contributors
* Editors\\\\\\\' Introduction to the 4th edition
Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students studying
criminology as part of their degree programmes as well as academics
and researchers in the field.
Contents
Criminology:
History and Theory
1. Sociological Theories of Crime , Paul Rock
2. Criminal Psychology , Clive R. Hollin
3. Contemporary Landscapes of Crime, Order and Control: Governance,
Risk, and Globalization , Ian Loader & Richard Sparks
4. Cultural Criminology , Keith Hayward & Jock Young
5. Historical perspectives on Crime , Clive Emsley
6. Comparing Criminal Justice , David Nelken
7. Diversity, Crime, and Criminal Justice , Barbara Hudson
The Social
Construction of Crime and Crime Control
8. Legal Constructions of Crime , Nicola Lacey
9. No Turning Back: the Politics of Law and Order into the Millennium
, David Downes & Rod Morgan
10. Crime data and statistics , Mike Maguire
11. Media Made Criminality: the Representation of Crime in the Mass
Media , Robert Reiner
Dimensions of
Crime
12. Political Economy, Crime, and Criminal Justice , Robert Reiner
13. Gender and Crime , Frances Heidensohn & Loraine Gelsthorpe
14. Ethnicities, Racism, Crime, and Criminal Justice , Coretta
Phillips & Ben Bowling
15. Victims, Victimization and Criminal Justice , Carolyn Hoyle &
Lucia Zedner
16. Mentally Disordered Offenders, Mental Health, and Crime , Jill
Peay
17. Place, Space, Crime and Disorder , Anthony E. Bottoms
18. Youth Crime and Youth Culture , Tim Newburn
19. Childhood Risk Factors and Risk-Focussed Prevention , David P.
Farrington
20. Crime and the Life Course , David J. Smith
Forms of Crime
21. Violent Crime , Michael Levi, Mike Maguire & Fiona Brookman
22. White-Collar and Corporate Crime , David Nelken
23. Organizing Crime and Terrorism , Michael Levi
24. Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime , Nigel South
Reactions to
Crime
25. The Governance of Security: Pluralization, Privatization, and
Polarization in Crime Control , Trevor Jones
26. Crime Prevention and Community Safety , Adam Crawford
27. Policing and the Police , Tim Newburn & Robert Reiner
28. From Suspect to Trial , Andrew Sanders & Richard Young
29. Sentencing , Andrew Ashworth
30. Youth Justice , Rod Morgan & Tim Newburn
31. Community Penalties: Probation, \\\\\\\'What Works\\\\\\\' and Offender
Management , Peter Raynor
32. Imprisonment: An Expanding Scene , Rod Morgan & Alison
Liebling
Authors,
editors, and contributors
Mike Maguire, Professor of Criminology, Cardiff University and
University of Glamorgan,
Rod Morgan, Professor of Criminal Justice, University of
Bristol and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, and
Robert Reiner, Professor of Criminology, London School of
Economics and Political Science
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