The Blackwell Companion to Criminology

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology.

Authored by an international group of expert criminologists, these original essays focus on major issues in criminology today, commenting upon key debates and theories, outlining the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and discussing contemporary developments. Written accessibly for the student, with an international perspective and drawing on first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology.