The Blackwell companion to criminology

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Written accessibly, and with its international perspective and first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology. Editors and contributors are international experts in criminology, offering a comparative perspective on theories and systemsContains full discussion of key debates and theories, the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and contemporary developmentsCoverage includes: class, gender, and race, crim

Crime, justice and societies -- Juvenile delinquency and justice for youth -- Punishment and its alternatives -- Gender and the masculinity of crime -- Capital, power and prime -- Globalization, crime and information.