Criminology

The fourth edition of Criminology offers updated and expanded coverage of the main criminological theories. Following a historical path through the development of these theories, and with full references to guide the reader to further, more in-depth study, this text provides an engaging read for students of criminology.

INTRODUCTION: Criminology: its origins and research methods. PART I: CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL: ALTERNATIVE DISCOURSES. 1. Crime: definitions and conflicting images. 2. The statistics on crime and their meaning. 3. The media and 'law and order'. PART II: SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME. 4. The classical and positivist traditions. 5. Crime and the environment. 6. Poverty, anomie and strain. 7. Subcultural theories. 8. Interactionism and phenomenology. 9. Conflict, Marxist and radical theories of crime. 10. Realist criminology and victims. 11. Theories of control. 12. Gender and crime. PART III: BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CRIME. 13. Biological factors and crime. 14. Intelligence, mental disorder and crime. 15. Personality theories. 16. Violent, aggressive and sexual offences.