Criminology A Very Short Introduction by Tim Newburn – Edition 2018

Description

From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Tim Newburn considers how we can study trends in crime, and use them to inform preventative policy and criminal justice. Analysing the history of crime, he discusses the role of criminology in crime control and politics.

• Considers how criminology can be used to measure crime, and evaluate the effectiveness of preventative measures
• Looks at responses to crime, considering how criminal justice tends to be organised and operate
• Analyses the factors other than policing, courts, and punishment which contribute to the everyday orderliness of our society
• Discusses how the study of trends in crime can be used to inform preventative policy and criminal justice.
• Part of the Very Short Introductions series – over nine million copies sold worldwide

Table of Contents

• 1:Introducing criminology

 

• 2:What is crime?

 

• 3:Who commits crime?

 

• 4:How do we measure crime?

 

• 5:Understanding recent trends in crime

 

• 6:Understanding the crime drop

 

• 7:How do we control crime?

 

• 8:How do we prevent crime?

 

• 9:Where next for criminology?

Sources and Further Reading
Index