Criminology: A Sociological Introduction
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.
Book contents:
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Introduction
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Histories of Crime
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Researching Crime
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Enlightenment and Early Traditions
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Early Sociological Thinking about Crime
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Radicalizing Traditions: Marxism, feminism and Foucault
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Crime, Social Theory and Social Change
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Crime, Place and Space
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Victims and Victimization
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Life Course Criminology
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Theft, Fraud and Other Property Crimes
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Crime, Sexuality and Gender
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Crime, the Emotions and Social Psychology
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Organised Crime
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Corporate Crime and Crimes of the Powerful
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Drugs, Alcohol, Health and Crime
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Thinking about Punishment
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The Criminal Justice Process
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The Police and Policing
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Prisons and Imprisonment
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Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
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Crime and Media
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Digital Criminology and Cybercrime
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Political Violence, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
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State Crime and War Crime
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Criminological Futures