Criminology: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780199643257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 160 str.

Tim Newburn

Opis

From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Tim Newburn considers how we can study trends in crime, and use them to inform preventative policy and criminal justice. Analysing the history of crime, he discusses the role of criminology in crime control and politics.

Recenzje

What is crime? Who is a criminal? These are big questions, tackled adroitly and insightfully in this short but weighty book. Shadd Maruna, Co-Editor, Oxford Handbook of Criminology

O autorze

Tim Newburn is Professor of Social Policy and Criminology at the London School of Economics. He is a former President of the British Society of Criminology (2005- 08) and was elected an Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 2005. In 2009, together with two colleagues, he was appointed Official Historian on Criminal Justice. He is a member of the Home Office's Scientific Advisory Committee and numerous other advisory bodies. He is the founding editor of the journal Criminology and Criminal Justice and is the author or editor of 35 books, including the leading undergraduate textbook in the field: Criminology (Willan Publishing, 2007).