1. What is criminology?
2. Counting Crime
3. How much crime? Challenging myths about crime and offenders
4. The search for criminological explanation
5. Thinking about the victim of crime
6. Crime, power and global relations: an introduction to critical criminology
7. A question of justice
8. Crime prevention and the future of crime control
9. Developing your criminological imagination
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Sandra Walklate is Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK, Professor of Criminology at Monash University, Australia, and Adjunct Professor in the School of Justice, QUT, Australia.
Internationally recognised for her work in victimology and research on criminal victimisation, her recent publications include: Victims: Trauma, Testimony, Justice (2015, Routledge with Ross McGarry), The Contradictions of Terrorism (2014, Routledge with Gabe Mythen), Criminology and War: Transgressing the Borders (edited collection, Routledge, 2015, with Ross McGarry).
She is currently Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Criminology.
"Written by an eminent criminologist, this book provides students
with one of the field's most thoughtful and comprehensive surveys
of the extant criminological literature. Students will certainly
enjoy reading Dr Walklate's offering and instructors will greatly
appreciate its pedagogical value. I highly recommend this book to
anyone who teaches introductory criminology courses."
Walter S. DeKeseredy, Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social
Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and
Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University, USA"Criminology:
The Basics is written by one of the most respected criminologists
working in Britain today. In this extended and updated third
edition, Walklate discusses old controversies and new fields of
inquiry with considerable aplomb. The book is written in an
accessible but intellectual rigorous style that is perfectly suited
for undergraduate students keen to learn more about the history of
our discipline, its current state of play and what the future may
hold for criminology as it becomes more intellectually diverse and
global in its reach. Every criminologist should own a copy."
Simon Winlow, Professor of Criminology, Teesside University, UK,
and Director of the British Society of Criminology Critical
Criminology Network
"Criminology: The Basics provides an excellent grounding in
criminology for those new to the discipline. The latest edition is
a comprehensive and engaging introductory text, which has its
strengths in both the accessibility of the discussion for new
students, and the ability to capture various complexities and
debates, encouraging the reader to think critically through the
lens of a ‘Criminological Imagination’. This book is one that is
likely to be returned to again and again."
Claire Fox, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and BA Criminology
Programme Director, University of Manchester, UK
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