Williams Chris A - History And Crime - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This lively and accessible text provides an introduction to the history of crime and crime control. It explains the historical background that is essential for an understanding of contemporary criminal justice and examines the historical context for contemporary criminological debates. Topics covered include: Crime statistics Constructions of criminality Policing Prisons Surveillance Governance White - collar crime Immigration and crime For each topic the book provides an overview of current research comment on current arguments and links to wider debates. The Key Approaches to Criminology series celebrates the removal of traditional barriers between disciplines and specifically reflects criminology's interdisciplinary nature and focus. It brings together some of the leading scholars working at the intersections of criminology and related subjects. Each book in the series helps readers to make intellectual connections between criminology and other discourses and to understand the importance of studying crime and criminal justice within the context of broader debates. The series is intended to have appeal across the entire range of undergraduate and postgraduate studies and beyond comprising books which offer introductions to the fields as well as advancing ideas and knowledge in their subject areas.
Title: History And Crime
Author(s): Williams Chris A
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc
Barcode: 9781412920803
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 12/19/2007
Series: Key Approaches to Criminology
Category: Crime & Criminology