Criminology A Contemporary Introduction By Tony Murphy

An introductory text for first year criminology students, covering the key questions, debates and theoretical models in the field, as well as themes of inequality, social justice, and human rights, to encourage an international or 'globalised' understanding of crime and justice matters.

The book provides students with a strong, interdisciplinary foundation to their criminological studies, covering all the key topics taught on a first year course, including:

The causes and prevalence of crime

Doing criminological research

The social divisions (class, power and inequality) that relate to crime and justice

The role of politics and the media

Punishment

Corporate crime and cybercrime

Global justice

Chapter 1: Introducing the landscapes of criminology

Chapter 2: 'Theory', and its uses

Chapter 3: Criminological theories: the causes of crime

Chapter 4: Doing criminological research

Chapter 5: Counting crime

Chapter 6: The politics of law and order

Chapter 7: Offenders and Victims

Chapter 8: Media and Crime

Chapter 9: Punishment

Chapter 10: Social policy and crime

Chapter 11: Global Justice

Chapter 12: Conclusion: criminology past, present and future