Crime and Society in Britain

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Crime continues to be a major area of public policy and debate, and societies expend huge amounts of intellectual and financial capital attempting to measure and understand it. The second edition of this highly respected text provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to the study of crime in Britain, helping you to understand and critically evaluate the key issues. It is designed particularly for students coming to the subject for the first time but also those who want to dig deeper into the issues for more advanced study. Crime and Society is essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, social policy and of key interest more widely across the social sciences. CHAPTER 1: CRIME AND SOCIETY CHAPTER 2: CRIME AND THE MEDIA CHAPTER 3: FINDING OUT ABOUT CRIME CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING CRIME, CULTURE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE CHAPTER 5: UNDERSTANDING FROM EXPLAINING TO CONTROLLING CRIME IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT. CHAPTER 6: THE VICTIMS OF CRIME CHAPTER 7: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES AND CRIME CHAPTER 8: AGE AND CRIME CHAPTER 9: GENDER AND CRIME CHAPTER 10: RACE, ETHNICITY AND CRIME CHAPTER 11: VIOLENT CRIME CHAPTER 12: SEX CRIME CHAPTER 13: PROPERTY CRIME CHAPTER 14: ORGANIZED CRIME CHAPTER 15: WHITE COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME CHAPTER 16: CRIME AND THE ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 17: STATE CRIME CHAPTER 18:CONCLUSION

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