Table of Contents

Part 1: The Criminological Imagination. Introduction and Overview: Method and Measurement in Criminology Part 2: Thinking About Crime 1. The Enlightenment and Early Traditions 2. Early Sociological Thinking about Crime 3. Radicalizing Traditions: Labelling, New Criminologies and the Gender Issue 4. Social Change and Criminological Thinking Part 3: Doing Crime 5. Victims and Victimization 6. Crime and Property 7. Crime and Sexuality 8. Crime and Emotion 9. Organizational and Professional Forms of Crime 10. Drugs, Alcohol, Health and Crime Part 4: Controlling Crime 11. Thinking about Punishment 12. The Criminal Justice Process 13. Police and Policing 14. Prisons and Imprisonment Part 5: Globalizing Crime 15. The Greening of Criminology 16. Crime and Media 17. Crime and Human Rights 18. Horizons and Futures of Crime and Criminology

About the Author

Eamonn Carrabine, Pam Cox, Maggy Lee, Ken Plummer and Nigel South all
work in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, Colchester, UK.

Reviews

`Criminology: A Sociological Introduction presents an outstanding reference point for those starting out in criminology or for those wishing to go back and clarify their understanding of various issues or theories. As an introduction to criminology from a sociological perspective this text is an effective, informative and accessible teaching aid... A more comprehensive introduction to the study of crime than most current examples.' - Ruth Penfold-Mounce, University of Leeds 'I have battled for years to divert students from criminology to sociology, feeling that crime is, in a sinister way, too 'attractive'. With a nicely-structured and well-written text such as this, I feel I am losing my battle.' - Vincenco Ruggiero, Middlesex University