Criminology list 23

Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

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Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013

Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime. As a result, the criminal justice system’s development of policies, programs, and treatment regimes was based on the male offender. It was not until the 1970s that some criminologists began to draw attention...

Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States

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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017

The Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States brings together original contributions from leading scholars in criminology and criminal justice that provide an in-depth, state-of-the-art look at the most important topics in corrections. The book discusses the foundations of corrections...

The Handbook of Crime and Punishment

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Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000

Crime is one of the most significant political issues in contemporary American society. Crime control statistics and punishment policies are subjects of constant partisan debate, while the media presents sensationalized stories of criminal activity and over-crowded prisons. In the highly politicized...

Green Harms and Crimes

Critical Criminology in a Changing World

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Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016

The book presents discussions of the application of Stan Cohen's theories alongside empirical contributions in the fields of critical and green criminology. Taken together, the authors critically address harms and crimes against the environment, as well as against human and nonhuman victims.

Victims of Environmental Harm

Rights, Recognition and Redress Under National and International Law

by Matthew Hall
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

In recent years, the increasing focus on climate change and environmental degradation has prompted unprecedented attention being paid towards the criminal liability of individuals, organisations and even states for polluting activities. These developments have given rise to a new area of criminological...

Delinquency and Drift Revisited, Volume 21

The Criminology of David Matza and Beyond

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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017

Fifty years ago, David Matza wrote Delinquency and Drift, challenging the ways people thought about the development of criminals. Today, Delinquency and Drift Revisited reminds criminologists that they ignore Matza’s writings at their own intellectual peril. Matza’s work shows his insights...

Crime and Networks

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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

This innovative collection of original essays showcases the use of social networks in the analysis and understanding of various forms of crime. More than any other past research endeavor, the seventeen chapters in this book apply to criminology the many conceptual and methodological options from social...

Harmful societies

Understanding social harm

by Pemberton, Simon A.
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016

While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provides more accurate analyses of the vicissitudes of life. However, important aspects of this notion remain undeveloped, in particular the definition of social...

Fundamentals of Criminological and Criminal Justice Inquiry

The Science and Art of Conducting, Evaluating, and Using Research

by Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019

How to think about, conduct, and evaluate research is fundamental to the study and understanding of criminology and criminal justice. Students take methods, statistics, theory, and topic-specific classes, but they struggle to integrate what they learn and to see how it fits within the broader field...

Understanding crime and social policy

by Wincup, Emma
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013

Understanding crime and social policy explores the interface between crime and social policy, drawing upon international theoretical developments and empirical research from within Criminology and Social Policy. Written by an experienced author, it uses analysis of policy-making under the New Labour...

Women’s Imprisonment and the Case for Abolition

Critical Reflections on Corston Ten Years On

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Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017

In 2007, the Corston Report recommended a far-reaching, radical, ‘women-centred’ approach to women’s imprisonment in England and Wales. It suggested a ‘fundamental re-thinking’ about how services to support women in conflict with the law are delivered in custody and in the community, recommending...

Ignorance, Power and Harm

Agnotology and The Criminological Imagination

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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018

This book discusses the concept of 'agnosis' and its significance for criminology through a series of case studies, contributing to the expansion of the criminological imagination. Agnotology – the study of the cultural production of ignorance, has primarily been proposed as an analytical tool...

Measuring Crime and Criminality

by John MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017

Measuring Crime and Criminality focuses on how different approaches to measuring crime and criminality are used to test existing criminological theories. Each chapter reviews a key approach for measuring criminal behaviour and discusses its strengths or weaknesses for explaining the facts of crime...

The Handbook of Criminological Theory

by Alex R. Piquero
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015

An indispensable resource for all levels, this handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology. Provides original, cutting-edge, and in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology Covers the origins and assumptions behind each theory,...