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SAGE PUBLISHING Criminology by Jewkes
This reader provides a comprehensive introduction for students studying criminology at undergraduate level. Not only does the book include 34 essential readings, but also editorial commentary with section introductions, study questions, and suggestions for further reading. The reader will provide a thorough grounding in issues related to the study of crime, the criminal justice system, and social control. In their selection the editors have sought to indicate crime's varied and conflicting history as well as its current debates. The mixture of historical and more recent readings shows a variety of perspectives.The Reader will be an essential sourcebook for students and teachers in the fields of criminology, criminal justice studies, the sociology of crime and deviance, socio- legal studies, social policy, criminal law and social work. IntroductionPART ONE: APPROACHING THE STUDY OF CRIME: HISTORICAL AND DEFINITIONAL ISSUESVictorian Boys, We are Here! - Geoffrey PearsonPerspectives in Criminological Theory - Sandra WalklateDefinitions of Deviance - Howard S BeckerTen Points of Realism - Jock YoungPsychology and Crime Behaviour - Peter B AinsworthThe Development of Feminist Perspectives on Crime - Nicole Hahn Rafter and Frances HeidensohnPART TWO: MYTHOLOGIES OF CRIMECrime, Power and Ideological Mystification - Steven BoxThe Social Construction of Official Statistics - Clive Coleman and Jenny MoynihanCorporate Crime, Official Statistics and the Mass Media - Gary Slapper and Steve TombsCrime and the Media - David Kidd-HewittA Criminological PerspectiveFolk Devils and Moral Panics - Stanley CohenThe Creation of the Mods and RockersThe Ultimate Neighbour from Hell? Stranger Danger and the Media Framing of Paedophiles - Jerry KitzingerCrime in Context - Ian TaylorA Critical Criminology of Market SocietiesPART THREE: CRIME AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATIONBias in the Criminal Justice System - Micheal Cavadino and James DignanCrime, Culture and Community - Janet FosterWhite Collar and Corporate Crime - Hazel CroallThe Race and Crime Debate - John Lea and Jock YoungFrom Scarman to Stephen Lawrence - Stuart HallYouth and Crime - John MuncieA Critical IntroductionThe Myth of Girl Gangs - Susan BatchelorOrdinary Experiences - Elizabeth A StankoWhen Men are Victims - Tim Newburn and Elizabeth A StankoThe Failure of VictimologyPART FOUR: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMCop Culture - Rob ReinerPolicing and the Police - Clive Coleman and Clive NorrisKey Issues in Criminal JusticeThe Trial - Frank Belloni and Jacqueline HodgsonThe Injudiciary - Andrew BillenJustifications and Purposes of Imprisonment - Ian Dunbar and Anthony LangdonThe Closed Emotional World of Security Wing - Stanley Cohen and Laurie TaylorPART FIVE: CRIME CONTROL AND THE FUTURECrime, Control and the Future - Nigel SouthSome Theories and SpeculationsSocial Control - Barbara A HudsonSmile, You're on TV - John NaughtonThey're Watching You - Martin BrightLand of the Free - Gary YoungeNew Ways to Break the Law - Douglas ThomasCybercrime and the Politics of Hacking