An introduction to criminology for htose who want to learn more, wheter they are already studying the subject or interested in the field. This title describes and analyzes the development of criminology as a discipline, explaining the main approaches and schools of throught, andhow these have been applied in practic. It htne take sthe exmaple of serial murder to demonstrate the way in which criminologists seek to understand crime, and how differnt approaches and traditions can play a part in explaining paricluar kinds of crime, and how these are represented and constructed socially.

Criminology, or the study of crime, has developed rapidly as a subject in recent years, while crime and the problem of how to respond to it have become major concerns for society as a whole. This book provides a succinct, highly readable - and much needed - introduction to criminology for those who want to learn more, whether they are already studying the subject, thinking of doing so, or just interested to discover what criminology is about.

Introducing Criminology begins by asking basic questions: what is crime? what is criminology?, before examining the ways in which...