Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sociological theories of crime / Paul Rock -- Criminological psychol ogy / Clive R. Hollin -- Contemporary landscapes of crime, order, and c ontrol : governance, risk, and globalization / Ian Loader and Richard S parks -- Cultural criminology / Keith Hayward and Jock Young -- Histori cal perspectives on crime / Clive Emsley -- Comparing criminal justice / David Nelken -- Diversity, crime, and criminal justice / Barbara Huds on -- Legal constructions of crime / Nicola Lacey -- No turning back : the politics of law and order into the millennium / David Downes and Ro d Morgan -- Crime data and statistics / Mike Maguire -- Media-made crim inality : the representation of crime in the mass media / Robert Reiner -- Political economy, crime, and criminal justice / Robert Reiner -- G ender and crime / Frances Heidensohn and Loraine Gelsthorpe -- Ethnicit ies, racism, crime, and criminal justice / Coretta Phillips and Ben Bow ling -- Victims, victimization, and criminal justice / Carolyn Hoyle an d Lucia Zedner -- Mentally disordered offenders, mental health, and cri me / Jill Peay -- Place, space, crime, and disorder / Anthony E. Bottom s -- Youth crime and youth culture / Tim Newburn -- Childhood risk fact ors and risk-focused prevention / David P. Farrington -- Crime and the life course / David J. Smith -- Violent crime / Michael Levi, Mike Magu ire, and Fiona Brookman -- White-collar and corporate crime / David Nel ken -- Organized crime and terrorism / Michael Levi -- Drugs, alcohol, and crime / Nigel South -- The governance of security : pluralization, privatization, and polarization in crime control / Trevor Jones -- Crim e prevention and community safety / Adam Crawford -- Policing and the p olice / Tim Newburn and Robert Reiner -- From suspect to trial / Andrew Sanders and Richard Young -- Sentencing / Andrew Ashworth -- Youth jus tice / Rod Morgan and Tim Newburn -- Community penalties : probation, " what works," and offender management / Peter Raynor -- Imprisonment : a n expanding scene / Rod Morgan and Alison Liebling.