This book guides readers through the complex legal, philosophical, and criminological debates around crime and criminal responsibility. It uses a thematic approach to comprehensively explore the relationship between criminal conduct, criminal justice, and the law. Aimed at students with no prior knowledge of law, the book includes many useful features to enhance understanding, from chapter overviews and key terms to study questions and suggestions for further reading.

This lively and accessible text provides an introduction to the history of crime and crime control. It explains the historical background that is essential for an understanding of contemporary criminal justice and examines the historical context for contemporary criminological debates. For each topic, the book provides an overview of current research, comment on current arguments, and links to wider debates.

Mike Rowe has brought the issues of race and crime bang up to date in this compelling, accessible, pedagogically informed book.

This book critically examines the complex interactions between media and crime.

Written with an engaging and authoritative voice, it guides you through all the key issues, ranging from news reporting of crime, media constructions of children and women, moral panics, and media and the police to 'reality' crime shows, surveillance and social control.

This third edition:

Explores innovations in technology and forms of reporting, including citizen journalism. Examines the impact of new media including mobile, Internet and digital technologies, and social...

This book is a comprehensive and critical introduction to the field of gender and crime, re-thinking the key themes and debates within a human rights framework.

Integrating empirical, theoretical and policy-related material, this Second Edition has been significantly updated, and now includes;

Full consideration of the 2010-2015 Coalition Government and its effect on gender and crime within England and Wales A new chapter relating criminological theory to gender and crime A new chapter discussing the history of gender and...

This book takes students on a guided tour of the gang phenomenon through history, as well as current representations of gangs in literature and media. Author Alistair Fraser brings together gang-literature and critical perspectives in a refreshingly new way, exploring "gangs" as a social group with a long and fascinating history.

This book takes students on a guided tour of the gang phenomenon through history, as well as current representations of gangs in literature and media. Author Alistair Fraser brings together gang-literature and critical perspectives in a refreshingly new way, exploring "gangs" as a social group with a long and fascinating history.