Criminology

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Tim Newburn's bestselling Criminology provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction for students of the subject, providing the basis for all undergraduate degree courses or modules, and for new postgraduates, in Criminology. Victims, victimisation and victimology 365 Understanding victims and victimology The victim of crime The emergence of victimology Victim-precipitation Victim-blaming Approaches to victimology Positivist victimology The ‘governmental project’ – empirical studies of the administration of justice; the working of prisons, police and the measurement of crime. Part 5 Critical issues in criminology 32 Race, crime and criminal justice Introduction Sources of data

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Realist criminology Introduction Left realism The critique of ‘left idealism’ The nature of left realism What Is To Be Done about Law & Order? Left realism and method Assessing left realism Right realism Thinking about Crime Distinguishing left and right realism Wilson and Herrnstein Murray and the ‘underclass’ Assessing right realism Questions for further discussion Further reading Websites Fully updated to reflect recent developments in the field and extensively illustrated, this authoritative text, written by a leading criminologist and experienced lecturer, is essential reading for all students of Criminology and related fields. Victims of white-collar crime The extent of white-collar crime The impact of white-collar crime Understanding impact: the qualitative dimension Controlling white-collar crime Regulating white-collar crime Self-regulation Questions for further discussion Further reading Websites Comprehensive and accessible, Tim Newburn’s bestselling Criminology provides an introduction to the fundamental themes, concepts, theories, methods and events that underpin the subject and form the basis for all undergraduate degree courses and modules in Criminology and Criminal Justice. This third edition includes: O Newburn's Criminology has established itself as the market leading textbook in the subject for the UK market. Affectionately known by students and instructor as 'the Criminology Bible' (for its size as well as its reputation); it is an accessible and engaging 'one-stop-shop' for a Criminology degree, covering everything topic you will study over three years.Crime, Justice and Protecting the Public New Labour and probation The probation service and ‘what works’ A national probation service The Carter Review and the emergence of NOMS The Coalition and Transforming Rehabilitation Conclusion Questions for further discussion Further reading Websites coverage of all major areas of Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as guidance on how to research, and dissertation/long essay writing; British Association for Women in Policing British Crime Survey (see also CSEW) Basic Command Unit British Society of Criminology Classicism and positivism Biological positivism Psychological positivism Durkheim, anomie and strain The Chicago School, subcultures and cultural criminology Interactionism and labelling theory Control theories Radical and critical criminology Realist criminology Contemporary classicism Feminist criminology Late modernity, governmentality and risk

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A fully revised and updated companion website, including exam, review and multiple choice questions, a live Twitter feed from the author providing links to media and academic coverage of events related to the concepts covered in the book, together with links to a dedicated textbook Facebook page

International Criminal Court International Criminal Police Commission International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) International Crime Victim Survey Independent Police Complaints Commission Intensive Supervision and Support Programme Tim Newburn has been Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the LSE since 2002. He was Head of Department of Social Policy from 2010-13 and Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology from 2003-2009. Prior to joining LSE he was Joseph Rowntree Professor of Urban Social Policy at Goldsmiths, University of London and Director of the Public Policy Research Unit (1997-2002). He has also worked at the University of Leicester (1982-85), the Home Office Research & Planning Unit (1985-90), the National Institute for Social Work (1990-92) and the Policy Studies Institute (1992-97). Introduction Durkheim and criminology Durkheim and social change Durkheim, suicide and anomie Assessing Durkheim Merton and anomie Anomie and the ‘American dream’ Assessing Merton’s anomie theory Later strain theory Cloward and Ohlin General strain theory Messner and Rosenfeld Assessing strain theory Questions for further discussion Further reading Websites