Crime, Criminality and Criminal Justice

2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-552012-5
Verlag: OUP Australia & New Zealand

Buch, Englisch, 800 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1384 g

Crime, Criminality and Criminal Justice equips readers with everything they need to know for beginning studies in crime and criminology. This comprehensive introduction explores a broad range of topics including criminological theory; types and causes of crime; social inequality and difference; victimology; crime prevention; and institutions of criminal justice. It includes new chapters on 'Eco-crime and Green Criminology', Cyber-Crime and New Information
Technologies, and Juvenile Justice.

The second edition includes learning support features of margin definitions, issues for consideration, discussion questions and further reading suggestions in each chapter to help students understand key concepts. Written in an engaging and student-friendly style, this book enables readers to relate theory to real world examples and provides a clear and accessible foundation in crime and criminal justice in Australian society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Rob

Perrone, Santina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Über Autor(innen)

Rob White is a Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania.

Santina Perrone has extensive experience in teaching and applied criminology at the University of Melbourne, the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Victorian Department of Justice and the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.