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The Blackwell Companion to Criminology
Sumner
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Description for The Blackwell Companion to Criminology
Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Sumner, Colin S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Sociology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 179 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1118.
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.
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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Sociology
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631220923
SKU
V9780631220923
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99-50
About Sumner
Colin Sumner is an investment manager and writer. He was Professor and Head of the Law School at the University of East London and for many years a Lecturer at the Institute of Criminology and a Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Barcelona, Hamburg, Berkeley, Simon Fraser, ... Read more
Reviews for The Blackwell Companion to Criminology
"A cosmopolitan collection characterized by freshness of perspective. Critical sociological insight on crime at its best." John Braithwaite, Australian National University "If The Blackwell Companion to Criminology is read widely and carefully, and absorbed thoroughly – as it most certainly should be – it will shake criminology out of its intellectual sloth and parochialism." Gilbert Geis, ... Read more