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Theory and Practise in Sociology provide's students with a comprehensive, clear and accessible introduction to the main methods of research and the main theoretical approaches in sociology, and help's them examine the relationship between methods and theory

Exploring and explaining crime -- Introduction : crime : the historical context -- Biological explanations for criminal behaviour -- Psychological explanations for criminal behaviour -- Sociological explanations for criminal behaviour -- Explaining the criminal behaviour of women -- Explaining the criminal behaviour of ethnic minorities -- Exploring and explaining criminal justice -- Why punish? : philosophies of punishment -- Theories of punishment -- The history of crime and justice -- Victimology -- Police and policing -- The courts, sentencing, and the judiciary -- Prisons and imprisonment.

"This book, which is for the most part influenced by the work of Michel Foucault, critically examines contemporary approaches to the problem of suicide. From Foucault comes a focus on relations of power, knowledge and the subject, and it is argued that it is possible to identify certain principles and strategies of analysis from Foucault's own studies (e.g. Madness and Civilization, 1965RFA-123; Discipline and Punish, 1977RFA-126 and The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction, 1981RFA-128) that can usefully be employed to interrogate the assumptions and certainties embedded in our beliefs, attitudes and practices concerning suicide and the suicidal"--Provided by publisher