With contributions from leading academics, The Oxford Handbook of Criminology provides an authoritative collection of chapters covering the topics studied on criminology courses. Each chapter details...
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Offers an understanding of community sentences in relation to policy, practice and research. This book examines the role and function of community sentences, and how they challenge the framework of th...
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In addition to the history of the discipline and reviews of different theoretical perspectives, this book provides reviews of diverse topics as the criminal justice process, race and gender, crime sta...
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Contains analysis and explanation of the nature, extent, patterns and causes of over 40 different forms of crime. This book challenges many popular and official conceptions of crime. It is suitable fo...
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This study compares and contrasts prison systems in different countries, offering a broad view of recent developments in imprisonment theory and practice. Topics include Russian prisons after perestro...
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Explores the field of police and policing, mainly from Britain and Continental Europe. This text also includes a wide range of important policy issues relating to police and policing. It discusses are...
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Policing, crime, poverty, prison management - these are just some of the key issues facing society today. This book addresses such issues, raising questions that should be of interest not only to acad...
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Contains analysis and explanation of the nature, extent, patterns and causes of over 40 different forms of crime. This book challenges many popular and official conceptions of crime. It includes chapt...
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