Crime & Criminal Justice

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Crime and Criminal Justice provides students with a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the study of criminology by taking an interdisciplinary approach to explaining criminal behaviour and criminal justice.

The book is divided into two parts, which address the two essential bases that form the discipline of criminology. Part One describes, discusses and evaluates a range of theoretical approaches that have offered explanations for crime, drawing upon contributions from the disciplines of sociology, psychology, and biology. It then goes on to apply these theories to specific forms of criminality. Part Two offers an accessible but detailed review of the major philosophical aims and sociological theories of punishment, and examines the main areas of the contemporary criminal justice system - including the police, the courts and judiciary, prisons, and more recent approaches to punishment.

Presenting a clear and thorough review of theoretical thinking on crime, and of the context and current workings of the criminal justice system, this book provides students with an excellent grounding in the study of criminology.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of Figures|vii
• List of Tables (p. ix)
• List of Numbered Boxes (p. xi)
• List of Case Study Boxes (p. xiii)
• Preface (p. xv)
• Part1 Exploring And Explaning Crime (p. 1)
• 1 Crime - The Historical Context (p. 3)
• 2 Biological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour (p. 18)
• 3 Psychological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour (p. 61)
• 4 Sociological Explanations for Criminal Behaviour (p. 97)
• 5 Explaining the Criminal Behaviour of Women (p. 149)
• 6 Explaining the Criminal Behaviour of Ethnic Minorities (p. 184)
• Part 2 Exploring And Explaning Criminal Justice (p. 209)
• 7 Why Punish? Philosophies of Punishment (p. 211)
• 8 Theories of Punishment (p. 250)
• 9 The History of Crime and Justice (p. 288)
• 10 Victimology (p. 325)
• 11 Police and Policing (p. 365)
• 12 The Courts, Sentencing and the Judiciary (p. 401)
• 13 The Criminal Justice System: Prisons and Imprisonment (p. 434)
• References (p. 470)
• Index (p. 498)