Textbook on Criminology (7th edn)
Published in Print: 29 March 2012 Published Online:June 2014
ISBN: 9780199592708
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Abstract
Course-focused and comprehensive, the Textbook on series provides an accessible overview of the key areas on the law curriculum. Textbook on Criminology offers an engaging and wide-ranging account of crime and criminology, addressing the theoretical, practical, and political aspects of the subject. The clarity of approach makes it an ideal text for students wishing to gain a firm grasp of the fundamental issues, together with an appreciation of some of the complexities surrounding the study of criminology. The author deals with the major questions of criminology, such as: How do you define a crime? Why do people become criminals? How should we deal with criminals? Each question is studied from an objective and academic viewpoint and encourages greater social, political, and philosophical awareness of crime, criminals, and society's response to them. The text also maps out the changes in crime control and society's expectations in relation to it. For example, students will find the insightful chapter on terrorism and state violence to be of particular interest and relevance; established criminological theories are applied, and the author addresses issues such as political responses to terrorism and the reasons why people become terrorists. The text is ideal both for students studying towards a degree in criminology, and students opting to study criminology as part of another subject, such as law.
Keywords:
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Contents
- Front Matter
- Introduction
- 1. What is criminological theory?
- 2. Definitions, terminology and the criminal process
- 3. Public conceptions and misconceptions of crime
- 4. The extent of crime: a comparison of official and unofficial calculations
- 5. Victims, survivors and victimology
- 6. Influences of physical factors and genetics on criminality
- 7. Influences of biochemical factors and of the central and autonomic nervous systems on criminality
- 8. Psychological theories of criminality
- 9. Mental disorder (psychopathology) and criminality
- 10. Intelligence and learning
- 11. The sociology of criminality
- 12. Anomie, strain and juvenile subculture
- 13. Control theories
- 14. Labelling, phenomenology and ethnomethodology
- 15. Critical criminology: conflict, radical and cultural criminologies
- 16. Criminology and realism
- 17. Positivist explanations of female criminality
- 18. Feminist theories
- 19. Terrorism and State violence
- 20. Governance, risk and globalisation theories
- Envoi
- End Matter
© Katherine S. Williams 2012
