Provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. The essays focus on major issues in criminology today, commenting upon key debates and theories, outlining the implications of new studies, and discussing contemporary developments
Includes bibliographical references and index
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