The Blackwell companion to criminology

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Written accessibly, and with its international perspective and first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology. Editors and contributors are international experts in criminology, offering a comparative perspective on theories and systemsContains full discussion of key debates and theories, the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and contemporary developmentsCoverage includes: class, gender, and race, crim

Provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. The essays focus on major issues in criminology today, commenting upon key debates and theories, outlining the implications of new studies, and discussing contemporary developments

Crime, justice and societies -- Juvenile delinquency and justice for youth -- Punishment and its alternatives -- Gender and the masculinity of crime -- Capital, power and prime -- Globalization, crime and information.