Criminology : a reader / edited by Yvonne Jewkes and Gayle Letherby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jewkes, Yvonne, 1966-

Letherby, Gayle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Physical Description:

ix, 408 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002.

Summary:

This Criminology Reader provides a comprehensive introduction for students studying criminology at undergraduate level. Not only does the book include 34 essential readings, but also editorial commentary with section introductions, study questions, and suggestions for further reading.

The Reader will give a thorough grounding in issues related to the study of crime, the criminal justice system, and social control.

Contents:

Part I Approaching the Study of Crime: Historical and Definitional Issues 5

1 Victorian Boys, We are Here! / Geoffrey Pearson 7

2 Perspectives in Criminological Theory / Sandra Walklate 19

3 Definitions of Deviance / Howard S. Becker 26

4 Ten Points of Realism / Jock Young 42

5 Psychology and Criminal Behaviour / Peter B. Ainsworth 56

6 The Development of Feminist Perspectives on Crime / Nicole Hahn Rafter, Frances Heidensohn 66

Part II 'Mythologies' of Crime 79

7 Crime, Power and Ideological Mystification / Steven Box 81

8 The Social Construction of Official Statistics / Clive Coleman, Jenny Moynihan 86

9 Corporate Crime, Official Statistics and the Mass Media / Gary Slapper, Steve Tombs 105

10 Crime and the Media: a Criminological Perspective / David Kidd-Hewitt 116

11 Folk Devils and Moral Panics: the Creation of the Mods and Rockers / Stanley Cohen 130

12 The Ultimate Neighbour from Hell? Stranger Danger and the Media Framing of Paedophiles / Jenny Kitzinger 145

13 Crime in Context: a Critical Criminology of Market Societies / Ian Taylor 159

Part III Crime and Social Stratification 167

14 Bias in the Criminal Justice System / Michael Cavadino, James Dignan 169

15 Crime, Culture and Community / Janet Foster 198

16 White Collar and Corporate Crime / Hazel Croall 209

17 The Race and Crime Debate / John Lea, Jock Young 219

18 From Scarman to Stephen Lawrence / Stuart Hall 225

19 Youth and Crime / John Muncie 235

20 The Myth of Girl Gangs / Susan Batchelor 247

21 Ordinary Experiences / Elizabeth A. Stanko 251

22 When Men are Victims: the Failure of Victimology / Tim Newburn, Elizabeth A. Stanko 262

Part IV The Criminal Justice System 275

23 Cop Culture / Robert Reiner 276

24 Policing and the Police: Key Issues in Criminal Justice / Clive Coleman, Clive Norris 288

25 The Trial / Frank Belloni, Jacqueline Hodgson 301

26 The Injudiciary / Andrew Billen 315

27 Justifications and Purposes of Imprisonment / Ian Dunbar, Anthony Langdon 321

28 The Closed Emotional World of the Security Wing / Stanley Cohen, Laurie Taylor 335

Part V Crime Control and the Future 351

29 Crime, Control and the Future: Some Theories and Speculations / Nigel South 353

30 Social Control / Barbara A. Hudson 363

31 Smile, You're on TV / John Naughton 371

32 They're Watching You / Martin Bright 376

33 Land of the Free / Gary Younge 381

34 New Ways to Break the Law: Cybercrime and the Politics of Hacking / Douglas Thomas 387.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761947108

0761947116

OCLC:

48885121