Introduction 1. The causes and prevention of crime and deviancy 2. Why and how offenders are punished 3. The criminal justice process – an overview 4. How to conduct criminological research 5. Criminology sources 6. The presentation of written work 7. Studying criminology in higher education 8. Taking it further exercises Key terms in criminology and criminal justice policy Index
Peter Joyce is currently Visiting Professor of Criminology in the Department of Social and Life Sciences at the University of Glyndŵr, Wales. He has published widely in the areas of politics and criminology and recent works include the third edition of Criminal Justice: An Introduction (Routledge, 2016) and The Policing of Protest, Disorder and International Terrorism in the UK since1945 (Palgrave, 2017).