International Criminology: A Critical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415431798 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 274 str.

Judith Bessant

Opis

Providing an international view of criminology, this title draws on important schools of thought, examples and analyses from the UK, the EU, the USA, Canada and Australia.

Spis treści

Introduction: Theoretical Traditions and Historical Perspectives  1. What is Crime?: How Criminologists Think about Crime  2. The Origins of Modern Criminology  3. The Consolidation of Modern Criminology  4. Dissenting Criminology: Issues in Contemporary Criminology  5. A Guide to Reading and Thinking about Criminology  6. Explaining Crime: Unemployment and Crime  7. Explaining Crime: Crime and the Family  8. Criminology and the Lure of Crime Prevention  9. Criminal Justice: Victimology and the Victim  10. Criminology and Corporate Crime  11. Criminology and State Crime.  Conclusion: Towards a Reflexive Criminology