Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological
Introduction offers an authoritative overview of the study of
criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to pressing
contemporary issues such as the globalisation of crime, crimes against
the environment, terrorism and cybercrime.
Authored by an internationally renowned and experienced group of authors
in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, this is a
truly international criminology text that delves into areas that other
texts may only reference. It includes substantive chapters on the
following topics:
- Histories of crime;
- Theoretical approaches to crime and the issue of social change;
- Victims and victimisation;
- Crime, emotion and social psychology;
- Drugs, alcohol, health and crime;
- Criminal justice and the sociology of punishment;
- Green criminology;
- Crime and the media;
- Terrorism, state crime and human rights.
The new edition fuses global perspectives in criminology from the
contexts of post-Brexit Britain and America in the age of Trump, and
from the Global South. It contains new chapters on cybercrime; crimes of
the powerful; organised crime; life-course approaches to understanding
delinquency and desistance; and futures of crime, control and
criminology.
Each chapter includes a series of critical thinking questions,
suggestions for further study and a list of useful websites and
resources. The book also contains a glossary of the criminological terms
and concepts used in the book. It is the perfect text for students
looking for a broad, critical and international introduction to
criminology, and it is essential reading for those looking to expand
their 'criminological imagination'.
