The Oxford Handbook of Criminology,9780199249374

The Oxford Handbook of Criminology

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780199249374
ISBN10: 0199249377
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-29
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is the substantially updated and revised third edition of the highly acclaimed Handbook of Criminology . It is the most comprehensible and authoritative single volume guide to the subject; combining masterly reviews of all the key topics with extensive references to aid further research. In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical perspectives, the book provides up-to-date reviews of such diverse topics as crime statistics, the criminal justice process, race and gender and the media and crime. It is essential reading for all teachers and students of criminology and an indispensable source book for professionals.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors xvii
Introduction to the third edition 1(6)
PART 1 CRIMINOLOGY: HISTORY AND THEORY
Of crimes and criminals: the development of criminology in Britain
7(44)
David Garland
Sociological theories of crime
51(32)
Paul Rock
Contemporary landscapes of crime, order, and control: governance, risk, and globalization
83(29)
Ian Loader
Richard Sparks
Feminism and criminology
112(32)
Loraine Gelsthorpe
Criminological psychology
144(31)
Clive R. Hollin
Comparing criminal justice
175(28)
David Nelken
The history of crime and crime control institutions
203(30)
Clive Emsley
PART 2 THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL
Punishment and control
233(31)
Barbara Hudson
Legal constructions of crime
264(22)
Nicola Lacey
The skeletons in the cupboard: the politics of law and order at the turn of the millennium
286(36)
David Downes
Rod Morgan
Crime statistics: the `data explosion' and its implications
322(54)
Mike Maguire
Media made criminality: the representation of crime in the mass media
376(43)
Robert Reiner
PART 3 DIMENSIONS OF CRIME
Victims
419(38)
Lucia Zedner
Crime and social exclusion
457(34)
Jock Young
Gender and crime
491(40)
Frances Heidensohn
Young people, crime, and youth justice
531(48)
Tim Newburn
Racism, ethnicity, crime, and criminal justice
579(41)
Coretta Phillips
Ben Bowling
Environmental criminology
620(37)
Anthony E. Bottoms
Paul Wiles
Developmental criminology and risk-focused prevention
657(45)
David P. Farrington
Crime and the life course
702(44)
David J. Smith
Mentally disordered offenders, mental health, and crime
746(49)
Jill Peay
PART 4 FORMS OF CRIME
Violent crime
795(49)
Michael Levi
Mike Maguire
White-collar crime
844(34)
David Nelken
The organization of serious crimes
878(36)
Michael Levi
Drugs, alcohol, and crime
914(33)
Nigel South
PART 5 REACTIONS TO CRIME
Crime reduction
947(33)
Ken Pease
Policing and the police
980(54)
Ben Bowling
Janet Foster
From suspect to trial
1034(42)
Andrew Sanders
Richard Young
Sentencing
1076(37)
Andrew Ashworth
Imprisonment: a brief history, the contemporary scene, and likely prospects
1113(55)
Rod Morgan
Community penalties: probation, punishment, and `what works'
1168(39)
Peter Raynor
Index 1207

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