Description
Book SynopsisHazel Croall is Professor Emerita at Glasgow Caledonian University where she set up the B.A. (Hons) programme in Criminology and was Professor of Criminology until December 2009.
Trade Review"The second edition of this respected text provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to the study of crime in the UK. Designed primarily for students coming to the subject for the first time, it could also be useful for those undertaking more advanced study."
- Reviewed in the Times Higher Education Textbook Guide
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: CRIME AND SOCIETY
CHAPTER 2: CRIME AND THE MEDIA
CHAPTER 3: FINDING OUT ABOUT CRIME
CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING CRIME: CRIME, CULTURE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
CHAPTER 5: UNDERSTANDING CRIME: FROM EXPLAINING TO CONTROLLING CRIME IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT.
CHAPTER 6: THE VICTIMS OF CRIME
CHAPTER 7: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES AND CRIME
CHAPTER 8: AGE AND CRIME
CHAPTER 9: GENDER AND CRIME
CHAPTER 10: RACE, ETHNICITY AND CRIME
CHAPTER 11: VIOLENT CRIME
CHAPTER 12: SEX CRIME
CHAPTER 13: PROPERTY CRIME
CHAPTER 14: ORGANIZED CRIME
CHAPTER 15: WHITE COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME
CHAPTER 16: CRIME AND THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 17: STATE CRIME
CHAPTER 18:CONCLUSION
