Criminological Perspectives: A Reader (Published in association with The Open University) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761950028 ISBN 13: 9780761950028

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

This comprehensive collection of original readings is designed to reflect and re-present the numerous and diverse lines of theoretical enquiry that constitute criminology.

This volume consists of an accessible set of classic and contemporary readings that introduce students to the eclectic nature of `criminological knowledge′. In particular it focuses on: the origins of criminology; criminology′s historic and continuing concern to discover the causes of crime; processes of criminalization and why it is that only certain harmful behaviours seem to be subject to criminal sanction; competing rationales for systems of crime control - from deterrence, just deserts and rehabilitation to crime prevention; issues of social control

About this title

About the Author:

John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (4th edition, Sage, 2014), and he has published widely on issues in comparative youth justice and children’s rights, including the co-edited companion volumes Youth Crime and Justice and Comparative Youth Justice (Sage, 2006). He has produced numerous Open University texts and readers, including Crime: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), Criminal Justice: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), The Problem of Crime (2nd edition, Sage, 2001), Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Sage, 2001) and Imprisonment: European Perspectives (Harvester, 1991). He has also contributed nine volumes to the The Sage Library of Criminology (Sage, 2007–2009). He is co-editor of the Sage journal Youth Justice: An International Journal.

Review:

`Each section is preceded by a concise and objective account of the development of criminological thought. It includes many "golden oldies" along with an invaluable collection of the best work of recent decades.... the editors have produced an excellent source book for both academics and students, well worth recommending for purchase′ - Reviewing Sociology

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0761950028
• ISBN 13: 9780761950028
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: Muncie John, McLaughlin Eugene, Langan Mary