Crime, Deviance and Society
An Introduction to Sociological Criminology

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to criminological theory and examines how crime and deviance are constructed.

Ana Rodas (Author), Melanie Simpson (Author), Paddy Rawlinson (Author), Ronald Kramer (Author), Emma Ryan (Author), Emmeline Taylor (Author), Reece Walters (Author), Alan Beckley (Author), Chris Cunneen (Author), Ashlee Gore (Author), Amanda Porter (Author), Scott Poynting (Author), Emma Russell (Author)

9781108430302, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 August 2020

408 pages, 13 b/w illus. 6 tables
24.8 x 17.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.74 kg

Crime, Deviance and Society: An Introduction to Sociological Criminology offers a comprehensive introduction to criminological theory. The book introduces readers to key sociological theories, such as anomie and strain, and examines how traditional approaches have influenced the ways in which crime and deviance are constructed. It provides a nuanced account of contemporary theories and debates, and includes chapters covering feminist criminology, critical masculinities, cultural criminology, green criminology, and postcolonial theory, among others. Case studies in each chapter demonstrate how sociological theories can manifest within and influence the criminal justice system and social policy. Each chapter also features margin definitions and timelines of contributions to key theories, reflection questions and end-of-chapter questions that prompt students reflection. Written by an expert team of academics from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Crime, Deviance and Society is a highly engaging and accessible introduction to the field for students of criminology and criminal justice.

1. Introduction: Explaining crime and deviance
2. The origins and influence of positivist thought
3. Place and crime
4. Anomie and strain
5. Deviant and criminal subcultures
6. Labelling: Constructing crime and deviance
7. Indigeneity, race and criminal justice
8. Women, punishment and victimisation
9. Masculinity, crime and criminology
10. The surveillance society and social control
11. Political economy and crimes of the powerful
12. Green criminology
13. Cultural criminology
14. The international dimensions of crime and deviance.

Subject Areas: Crime & criminology [JKV]