附註:chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Methodology and Measurement in Criminology -- part PART 2 THINKING ABOUT CRIME -- In this section, we outline a wider range of different ways of thinking about crime -- from some of the earliest 'scientific traditions' to more recent developments that link crime to conditions of late modern society. Many key terms and ideas are introduced along the -- chapter 3 The Enlightenment and Early Traditions -- chapter 4 Early Sociological Thinking about Crime -- chapter 5 Radicalising Traditions: Labelling, New Criminologies and the Gender Issue -- chapter 6 Social Change and Criminological Thinking -- part PART 3 DOING CRIME -- In this section, we introduce a range of topical areas in the study of crime. Different crimes raise different kinds of issues and this chapter attends to this. We do not look at all crimes but our chosen topics include property crimes, sexual offences, professional crime, drug use and what we also introduce as 'emotional crime'. We look, not just at the offenders, but also at the victims. Which is where we start ... -- chapter 7 Victims and Victimization -- chapter 8 Crime and Property -- chapter 9 Crime and Sexuality -- chapter 10 Crime and Emotion -- chapter 11 Organisational and Professional Forms of Crime -- chapter 12 Drugs, Alcohol, Health and Crime -- part PART 4 CONTROLLING CRIME -- In this section, we look at the workings of the social control process -- at the philosophies behind it, and how it may be changing shape in the twenty-first century. We focus on the police, the courts, prisons and their alternatives. -- chapter 13 Thinking about Punishment -- chapter 14 The Criminal Justice Process -- chapter 15 Police and Policing -- chapter 16 Prisons and Imprisonment -- part PART 5 GLOBALISING CRIME -- In this section, we examine some of the newer issues that are fast getting on the agenda for crminologists. These new topics include such matters as 'Green Crimes', the importance of the media, human righ
Includes bibliographical references and index.
摘要:This fully comprehensive general introduction covers all the major areas of criminology. It serves students in their first and second years as a core text and acts as a starting point for more advanced work for third-year students.
