Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime and criminality. Criminology is an ideal textbook for undergraduate students approaching the subject for the first time. It examines a wide range of topics, including historical and contemporary understandings of crime and criminal justice; different forms of crime - from street crime to state crime; who commits crime and who are the victims of crime; and how society and state agencies respond to crime and disorder.

The contributions to this book offer clear, accessible introductions to the main topics and issues of criminology. Questions, summaries, further reading guidance, useful web links, and tables and diagrams can be found throughout. The third edition includes contributions from six new authors and contains new chapters on cybercrime, and 'crime, culture, and everyday life'.

Online Resource Centre

This book is accompanied by an extensive Online Resource Centre which can be used by lecturers and students alike. The resources available are as follows:

Lecturer Resources
Lecture notes by chapter
Powerpoint slides to accompany lecture notes
Test bank of multiple choice questions

Student Resources
Updates
Chapter synopses
Annotated further reading lists
Interactive glossary
Web links

Chris Hale, Professor of Criminology at the University of Kent and Programme Co-ordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology,Keith Hayward, Professor of Criminology, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent,Azrini Wahidin, Programme Director for Criminology and Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast,Emma Wincup, Director of Student Education and Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Leeds

Chris Hale is Professor of Criminology at the University of Kent and Programme Co-ordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology.

Keith Hayward is Professor of Criminology and Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent.

Dr Azrini Wahidin is Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Queen's University, Belfast.

Dr Emma Wincup is Director of Student Education and Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the School of Law, University of Leeds.

PART I: INTRODUCING CRIME AND CRIMINOLOGY
1. What is crime? Contrasting definitions and perspectives, Wayne Morrison
2. History of Crime, Anne Logan
3. What do crime statistics tell us?, Tim Hope
4. Theoretical criminology: a starting point, Keith Hayward and Wayne Morrison
5. Researching crime and criminal justice, Emma Wincup
6. Psychology and crime, Keith Hayward and Craig Webber
7. Crime and the media, Chris Greer
PART II: FORMS OF CRIME
8. Drugs, alcohol and crime, Emma Wincup and Peter Traynor
9. Violent crime, Larry Ray
10. Sex crime, Terry Thomas
11. Corporate crime, Steve Tombs
12. Cybercrime, Matthew Williams and David Wall
13. Terrorism and the politics of fear, Frank Furedi
PART III: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME
14. Economic marginalisation, inequality and crime, Chris Hale
15. Gender and Crime, Azrini Wahidin
16. 'Race', ethnicity and crime, Marian Fitzgerald
17. Youth and crime, Derek Kirton
18. Crime, culture and everyday life, Jeff Ferrell and Jonathan Ilan
PART IV: RESPONSES TO CRIME
19. The politics of law and order, Marian Fitzgerald
20. The criminal justice system, Steve Uglow
21. Security, risk and surveillance, Richard Jones
22. Victims, Pamela Davies
23. Policing, Trevor Jones
24. Community Sentences and Offender Management, Anne Worrall and Rob Canton
25. Prisons, Roger Matthews