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The Blackwell Companion to Criminology
Contributor(s): Sumner, Colin (Editor)
ISBN: 0631220925     ISBN-13: 9780631220923
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2003
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Annotation: "The Blackwell Companion to Criminology" provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Authored by an international group of expert criminologists, these original essays focus on major issues in criminology today, commenting upon key debates and theories, outlining the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and discussing contemporary developments.


Written accessibly for the student, with an international perspective and drawing on first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Criminology
- Reference
Dewey: 364
LCCN: 2002155267
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
Physical Information: 1.35" H x 6.72" W x 9.84" (2.35 lbs) 544 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
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 systems
  • Contains full discussion of key debates and theories, the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and contemporary developments
  • Coverage includes: class, gender, and race, criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, punishment, mass media, international crimes, and social control