The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144627053X ISBN 13: 9781446270530

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

An indispensable international resource, The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory provides readers with a clear overview of criminological theory, enabling them to reflect critically upon the traditional, emergent and desirable theoretical positions of the discipline.This handbook is essential for libraries and scholars of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.

About this title

About the Author:

Eugene McLaughlin is Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Research. He is also a member of the Centre for Law Justice and Journalism. He completed his postgraduate criminology studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. Eugene has held various academic appointments including at the University of Hong Kong, the Open University and the University of Southampton. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is an associate editor of Crime, Media and Cultureand is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. He has served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Critical Social Policy, the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and was co-editor of Theoretical Criminology.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 144627053X
• ISBN 13: 9781446270530
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 552
• Editor: McLaughlin Eugene, Newburn Tim