Textbook on Criminology

1. Introduction 2. Definitions, terminology and the criminal process 3. Public conceptions and misconceptions of crime 4. The extent of crime: a comparison of official and unofficial calculations 5. Victims, survivors, and victimology 6. Influences of physical factors and genetics on criminality 7. Influences of biochemical factors and of the central and autonomic nervous systems on criminality 8. Psychological theories of criminality 9. Mental disorder and criminality 10. Intelligence and learning 11. The sociology of criminality 12. Anomie, strain and juvenile subculture 13. Control theories 14. Labelling, phenomenology and ethnomethodology 15. Conflict theories and radical criminologies 16. Criminology and realism 17. Positivist explanations of female criminality 18. Feminist theories 19. Terrorism and state violence 20. Governance, risk and globalisation theories 21. Envoi USEFUL WEBSITES NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX