Includes bibliographical references and index.

Situating criminology : on the production and consumption of knowledge about crime and justice / Ian Loader, Richard Sparks -- Sociological theories of crime / Paul Rock -- Criminological psychology / Clive R. Hollin -- Cultural criminology / Keith Hayward, Jock Young -- Comparing criminal justice / David Nelken -- Legal constructions of crime / Nicola Lacey, Lucia Zedner -- Overtaking on the left? : the politics of law and order in the "big society" / David Downes, Rod Morgan -- Criminal statistics and the construction of crime / Mike Maguire -- Mediated mayhem : media, crime, criminal justice / Chris Greer, Robert Reiner -- Public opinion, crime, and criminal justice / Mike Hough, Julian V. Roberts -- Casino capital's crimes : political economy, crime, and criminal justice / Robert Reiner -- Gender and crime / Frances Heidensohn, Maris Silvestri -- Ethnicities, racism, crime, and criminal justice / Coretta Phillips, Ben Bowling -- Victims, the criminal process, and restorative justice / Carolyn Hoyle -- Mentally disordered effenders, mental health, and crime / Jill Peay -- Developing socio-spatial criminology / Anthony Bottoms -- Youth crime and justice : rediscovering devolution, discretion, and diversion? / Rod Morgan, Tim Newburn -- Critical debates in developmental and life-course criminology / Lesley McAra, Susan McVie -- Violent crime / Fiona Brookman, Amanda Robinson -- The organization of serious crimes for gain / Michael Levi -- White-collar and corporate crime / David Nelken -- Terrorism and counter-terrorism / Martin Innes, Michael Levi -- Drugs, alcohol, and crime / Fiona Measham, Nigel South -- State crime : a dialectical view / Penny Green, Tony Ward -- Governing security : pluralization, privatization, and polarization in crime control and policing / Trevor Jones -- Crime prevention and community safety / Adam Crawford, Karen Evans -- Policing and the police / Tim Newburn, Robert Reiner -- From suspect to trial / Andrew Sanders, Richard Young -- Sentencing : theory, principle, and practice / Andrew Ashworth, Julian Roberts -- Prison life, penal power, and prison effects / Alison Liebling, Ben Crewe -- Community penalties, probation, and offender management / Peter Raynor -- Out of court, out of sight? : criminal sanctions and non-judicial decision-making / Nicola Padfield, Rod Morgan, Mike Maguire -- Offender treatment and rehabilitation : what works? / Friedrich Lösel.