The Oxford handbook of criminology / edited by Mike Maguire, Rod Morgan and Robert Reiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maguire, Mike.

Morgan, Rodney.

Reiner, Robert, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Criminology.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 1185 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Other Title:

Handbook of criminology

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press Inc., 2007.

Summary:

The most comprehensive and authoritative single volume text on the subject, the fourth edition of the acclaimed Oxford Handbook of Criminology combines masterly reviews of all the key topics with extensive references to aid further research. In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical perspectives, the book provides up-to-date reviews of diverse topics as the criminal justice process, race and gender, crime statistics, and the media and crime. The fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated and is essential reading for all teachers and students of criminology and an indispensable sourcebook for professionals. Online Resource Center * Test bank of questions enabling lecturers to test their students' progress and understanding * Web links to key criminological resources allowing students to further research the subject * Notes on the Contributors * Editors' Introduction to the 4th edition

Contents:

Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre xxvi

Part I Criminology: History and Theory

1 Sociological Theories of Crime / Paul Rock 3

Introduction: The Development of Criminology in Britain 3

Sociological Criminology 7

Crime and Control 8

Crime, Control, and Space 18

Radical Criminology 23

Functionalist Criminology 26

Signification 28

Criminology as an Eclectic Discipline 33

Prospects for the Future 34

2 Criminological Psychology / Clive R. Hollin 43

The Growth of Psychology 44

Psychology and Criminology: Early Accord 46

Psychology and Criminology: The Parting of the Ways 48

Psychology and Criminology: Little Common Ground 51

Psychology and Criminology: Not on Speaking Terms 57

Psychology and Criminology: Return to Cordiality? 65

3 Contemporary Landscapes of Crime, Order, and Control: Governance, Risk, and Globalization / Ian Loader, Richard Sparks 78

Governance 79

Risk 84

Globalization 88

Conclusion: Criminology, Culture, and Public Life 93

4 Cultural Criminology / Keith Hayward, Jock Young 102

For a Sociologically Inspired Criminology 103

This is 'What is Cultural' about Cultural Criminology 105

Inside the 'Hall of Mirrors': Media, Representation, Meaning 108

Transgressive Subjects: Uncovering the Meanings and Emotions of Crime 111

Dangerous Knowledge 113

5 Historical Perspectives on Crime / Clive Emsley 122

Theory 123

From Violence to Theft? 125

Statistical Data 128

Cultural History 131

Human Agency 132

Continuities, Discontinuities, and Connections 134

6 Comparing Criminal Justice / David Nelken 139

Why Study Criminal Justice Comparatively? 139

On Methods of Comparative Research 143

Approaches to Comparison 147

7 Diversity, Crime, and Criminal Justice / Barbara Hudson 158

Introduction: From Difference to Diversity 158

Diversity and Crime 159

Difference, Diversity and Justice 166

Community, Diversity, and Human Rights 171

Part II The Social Construction of Crime and Crime Control

8 Legal Constructions of Crime / Nicola Lacey 179

The Relationship between Criminal Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice Studies 180

Criminal Law 182

Contextualizing Criminal Law: Criminological Perspectives 192

The Doctrinal Structure of Criminal Law: Questions for the Social Sciences 194

From Critical Criminal Law to Criminalization 196

9 No Turning Back: The Politics of Law and Order Into the Millennium / David Downes, Rod Morgan 201

British General Elections and 'Law and Order', 1945-2005 203

Pressure-Group and Interest-Group Politics 222

Matters of Scandal and Concern 231

10 Crime Data and Statistics / Mike Maguire 241

Historical Overview: The Rise and Fall of Official Statistics 243

Interpreting the Statistics 254

Alternatives and Challenges to the Official Picture 276

Recent Developments and Emerging Issues 290

11 Media-Made Criminality: The Representation of Crime in the Mass Media / Robert Reiner 302

Crime in the Media: Subversion, Social Control, or Mental Chewing Gum? 302

The Content of Media Images of Crime 303

The Consequences of Media Images of Crime 315

The Causes of Media Representations of Crime 323

Observers or Players? The Media and Crime in Postmodernity 327

Part III Dimensions of Crime

12 Political Economy, Crime, and Criminal Justice / Robert Reiner 341

Introduction: Political Economy and Crime: A One-Sided Accentuation? 341

Political Economy and Criminological Theory 345

Economic Factors and Crime: What is the Empirical Evidence? 355

Political Economies, Crime, and Criminal Justice: Comparative and Historical Perspectives 363

Conclusion: Markets, Meanings, Morals 372

13 Gender and Crime / Frances Heidensohn, Loraine Gelsthorpe 381

Feminist Contributions to Criminology 381

The Early Feminist Critique of Criminology 383

Methodological Issues and Developments 385

Theoretical Work on Masculinity 387

Women, Men, and Crime 391

Gender, Crime, and Justice in Late Modernity 406

14 Ethnicities, Racism, Crime, and Criminal Justice / Coretta Phillips, Ben Bowling 421

Setting the Context: Historical, Conceptual, and Contemporary 422

Redrawing the Parameters of the 'Race and Crime' Debate: Victimization and Offending 424

The Social Construction of Ethnicity and Criminality 429

Criminological Research on Ethnicity and Crime 430

The Police and Policing Minority Communities 434

Explaining Disproportionality 436

Prison and Probation 445

Minority Ethnic Employment in the Criminal Justice System 448

Conclusion: Challenges for Theory, Research, and Practice 450

15 Victims, Victimization, and Criminal Justice / Carolyn Hoyle, Lucia Zedner 461

The Nature and Distribution of Victimization 462

Victims' Movements and Victims' Justice 470

Victims in the Criminal Justice Process 473

The Rise of Restorative Justice 481

16 Mentally Disordered Offenders, Mental Health, and Crime / Jill Peay 496

Policy Development in England and Wales: A Context of Conflicting Themes 497

Mental Disorder and Offenders: A Case for Special Provision? 501

The Problem of Definition 503

Mentally Disordered Offenders: A Minority Group? 504

Mental Disorder, Offending Behaviour, and Treatment 511

Protective Sentencing: Procedural Safeguards versus Treatment 519

17 Place, Space, Crime, and Disorder / Anthony E. Bottoms 528

Place, Space, and Crime: A Brief History 530

Preliminary Methodological Issues 533

Explaining the Location of Offences 535

Socio-Spatial Dimensions of Incivilities and Disorder 550

Explaining the Location of Offender Residence 557

Integrating Socio-Spatial Criminology 567

Macro-Level Issues 568

18 Youth Crime and Youth Culture / Tim Newburn 575

Youth and Crime in Historical Context 575

Youth in Post-war Britain 577

Young People, Crime, and Victimization 585

19 Childhood Risk Factors and Risk-Focused Prevention / David P. Farrington 602

Individual Risk Factors 608

Family Risk Factors 613

Explaining Development and Risk Factors 619

Risk-Focused Prevention 623

20 Crime and the Life Course / David J.

Smith 641

Problems of Method 642

The Extent of Specialization in Offending 646

The Extent of Stability and Change over the Life Course 651

Explaining Stability 662

Explaining Desistance 669

Part IV Forms of Crime

21 Violent Crime / Michael Levi, Mike Maguire, Fiona Brookman 687

Attitudes to Violence and Constructions of Blame 689

Extent of Violent Crime and Risks of Victimization 692

Predicting and Explaining Violent Behaviour 703

Making Sense of Homicide 716

Responses to Violence: Recent Trends 718

22 White-Collar and Corporate Crime / David Nelken 733

Seven Types of Ambiguity 736

White-Collar Crime as a Contested Concept 738

Is White-Collar Crime Really Crime? 741

Explaining the Causes of White-Collar Crime 742

White-Collar Crime in its Everyday Settings 748

The Ambivalent Response to White-Collar Crime 752

White-Collar Crime as an Index of Social Change 758

The Collateral Costs of Control 760

23 Organized Crime and Terrorism / Michael Levi 771

Analytical Issues in Defining the Nature of 'Organized Crime' 777

The Nature of Organized Crime and 'its' Markets 782

Terrorism and the Alleged Organized Crime-Terrorism Nexus 791

The Evolution of Crime and Terrorism Organization: Some Tentative Conclusions 794

24 Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime / Nigel South 810

A Review of Trends in Drug and Alcohol Use: 1950s to 2005 811

The Control of Drugs: Britain and the Global Context 818

Part V Reactions to Crime

25 The Governance of Security: Pluralization, Privatization, and Polarization in Crime Control / Trevor Jones 841

Clarifying Key Terms 842

Key Features of Contemporary Security Governance 846

Prospects for Democratic Security Governance: Nodal Governance or Re-stating Security? 856

26 Crime Prevention and Community Safety / Adam Crawford 866

The Fall and Rise of Prevention 867

Conceptualizing Prevention 870

Situational Crime Prevention 872

Developmental Crime Prevention 882

Community Crime Prevention 884

Policy Developments in the UK 889

27 Policing and the Police / Tim Newburn, Robert Reiner 910

Introduction: Criminology and Policing 910

The Development of Police Research 911

'Police' and 'Policing' 912

Police Discretion: Its Nature, Operation, and Control 915

'New Tricks': Innovative Policing Strategies 927

Pluralization 932

Internationalization 937

Conclusion: Futures of Policing 941

28 From Suspect to Trial / Andrew Sanders, Richard Young 953

Models of Criminal Justice 953

Police Decisions 'on the Street' 956

Detention in the Police Station 963

Whether or Not to Prosecute 971

Pre-Trial Processes 976

29 Sentencing / Andrew Ashworth 990

Sentencing and Politics 990

Rationales for Sentencing 992

The Mechanics of Sentencing 998

Custodial Sentencing 1006

Non-Custodial Sentencing 1014

Review of Policy and Practice 1018

30 Youth Justice / Rod Morgan, Tim Newburn 1024

The Background to the 1998 Reforms 1024

New Labour, New Youth Justice? 1032

The Reformed System in Practice 1042

Conclusion: Whither Youth Justice? 1055

31 Community Penalties: Probation, 'What Works', and Offender Management / Peter Raynor 1061

Introduction: Catching the Slippery Fish 1061

Current Community Penalties in England and Wales 1063

Origins: From Religious Mission to Social Casework 1066

'Nothing Works' and 'Alternatives to Custody' 1069

Just Deserts and 'Punishment in the Community' 1074

Community Penalties and Crime Reduction: The Rediscovery of Rehabilitation 1075

What Worked and What Didn't? 1079

After 'What Works', What Next? NOMS and the Future 1083

Some Critical Choices for the Future 1086

A Future for Probation? 1090

32 Imprisonment: An Expanding Scene / Rod Morgan, Alison Liebling 1100

The Purpose of Imprisonment 1107

Who Are the Prisoners? 1118

The Sociology of Prisons 1126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199205431

0199205434

9780199205448

0199205442

OCLC:

77271010