This sixth edition has been thoroughly updated to include new examples and expand on the new directions in crime and criminology. The book includes learning features designed to engage students in theory and current criminological research by demonstrating how theory can be placed into a modern context or used to frame research. It will provide learning pathways beyond the theory, providing students with the skills to understand their own theoretical perspective and understand the social context, history and concepts behind criminological theory.
New to this edition
Significant revision to key chapters:
Expanded coverage of biocriminological and psychological positivism
Chapter 7: Feminist Perspectives
Chapter 8: Realistic Approaches
Chapter 9: Republican Theory and Restorative Justice
A new chapter on Cultural and Postmodern Criminology.