by ProfHazelCroall (Author)
Crime continues to be a major area of public policy and debate, and societies expend huge amounts of intellectual and financial capital attempting to measure and understand it. The second edition of this highly respected text provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to the study of crime in Britain, helping you to understand and critically evaluate the key issues. It is designed particularly for students coming to the subject for the first time but also those who want to dig deeper into the issues for more advanced study.
Crime and Society is essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, social policy and of key interest more widely across the social sciences.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 476
Edition: 2
Publisher: Longman
Published: 02 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 1405873353
ISBN 13: 9781405873352
Book Overview: An accessible, comprehensive introduction to the study of crime in Britain, helping the reader to understand and critically evaluate the key issues.
The second edition of this respected text provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to the study of crime in the UK. Designed primarily for students coming to the subject for the first time, it could also be useful for those undertaking more advanced study.
- Reviewed in the Times Higher Education Textbook Guide
Hazel Croall is Professor Emerita at Glasgow Caledonian University where she set up the B.A. (Hons) programme in Criminology and was Professor of Criminology until December 2009.