The Oxford Handbook of Criminology

This is the substantially updated and revised 3rd edition of the highly acclaimed "Handbook of Criminology". It is the most comprehensive and authoritative single volume guide to the subject; combining masterly reviews of all the key topics with extensive bibliographical references to aid further research. In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of the contributions to criminology of different theoretical perspectives, this book provides up-to-date reviews of such diverse topics as crime statistics, policing, the criminal justice process, race and gender, drugs and the media and crime. It is essential reading for all teachers and students of criminology and an indispensable source-book for professionals working in the field. A key feature of the book is the supporting companion web site that will offer students, lecturers and practitioners the benefits of a detailed chapter by chapter bibliography and links to other key criminal justice sites. This book has established itself as the acknowledged leading reference work and textbook in the field and has become the adopted text of most undergraduate and postgraduate criminology and criminal justice courses. It combines the talents of an unusually powerful group of leading writers, who between them cover the entire spectrum of subjects now referred to collectively as 'criminology'. This 3rd edition has been revised in recognition of changes in the politics of 'law and order', policy developments and the range of new topics being taught in the leading centres of criminology education and research. New or updated chapters cover, for example, the impact of New Labour on policy, proposed sentencing reform, social exclusion, the contribution of psychological theory to criminology, managerialism in policing, criminal justice and crime prevention, risk assessment and the 'What Works?' approach to programmes for convicted offenders.

ISBN 0199249377   Pages 1248 ISBN13 9780199249374 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 1641 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780198764854 Publication date 27 Jun 2002   Height (mm) 246 Non-book description xviii, 1227 p. :   Width (mm) 171 Library of Congress 2002074282   Spine width (mm) 47 DEWEY 364   Academic level Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC21

		Notes on Contributors
		Introduction to the Third Edition by Mike Maguire and Rod Morgan and Robert Reiner		1
Pt. 1		Criminology: History and Theory
1		Of Crimes and Criminals: The Development of Criminology in Britain by David Garland		7
2		Sociological Theories of Crime by Paul Rock		51
3		Contemporary Landscapes of Crime, Order, and Control: Governance, Risk, and Globalization by Ian Loader and Richard Sparks		83
4		Feminism and Criminology by Loraine Gelsthorpe		112
5		Criminological Psychology by Clive R. Hollin		144
6		Comparing Criminal Justice by David Nelken		175
7		The History of Crime and Crime Control Institutions by Clive Emsley		203
Pt. 2		The Social Construction of Crime and Crime Control
8		Punishment and Control by Barbara Hudson		233
9		Legal Constructions of Crime by Nicola Lacey		264
10		The Skeletons in the Cupboard: The Politics of Law and Order at the Turn of the Millennium by David Downes and Rod Morgan		286
11		Crime Statistics: The 'Data Explosion' and its Implications by Mike Maguire		322
12		Media Made Criminality: The Representation of Crime in the Mass Media by Robert Reiner		376
Pt. 3		Dimensions of Crime
13		Victims by Lucia Zedner		419
14		Crime and Social Exclusion by Jock Young		457
15		Gender and Crime by Frances Heidensohn		491
16		Young People, Crime, and Youth Justice by Tim Newburn		531
17		Racism, Ethnicity, Crime, and Criminal Justice by Coretta Phillips and Ben Bowling		579
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