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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tim Newburn |
| ISBN: | 9781843922858 1843922851 1843922843 9781843922841 |
| OCLC Number: | 137313524 |
| Description: | xxvii, 1019 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Understanding crime and criminology -- Crime and punishment in history -- Crime data and crime trends -- Crime and the media -- Classicism and positivism -- Biological positivism -- Psychological positivism -- Durkheim, anomie and strain -- The Chicago school, culture and subcultures -- Interactionism and labelling theory -- Control theories -- Radical and critical criminology -- Realist criminology -- Contemporary classicism -- Feminist criminology -- Late modernity, governmentality and risk -- Victims, victimization and victimology -- White-collar and corporate crime -- Organised crime -- Violent and property crime -- Drugs and alcohol -- Penology and punishment -- Understanding criminal justice -- Crime prevention and community safety -- The police and policing -- Criminal courts and the court process -- Sentencing and non-custodial penalties -- Prisons and imprisonment -- Youth crime and youth justice -- Restorative justice -- Race, crime and justice -- Gender, crime and justice -- Criminal and forensic psychology -- Globalisation, terrorism and human rights -- Understanding criminological research -- Doing criminological research. |
| Responsibility: | Tim Newburn. |
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'At last a truly comprehensive, accessible yet authoritative introductory textbook for students of criminology in the UK and beyond, written by one of our leading criminologists.' ae' Professor Gordon Hughes, Cardiff University, UK 'Criminology is a remarkable achievement. Written by one of the most renowned experts in the field, it is the very first sole-authored, comprehensive, truly student-friendly text in the field. In short, this text is set to become an indispensable guide for those who study and teach criminology.' ae' Professor Yvonne Jewkes, Leicester University, UK 'Newburn's distinctive accomplishment in this book is the combination of accessibility and scholarship, achieving (near comprehensive) breadth without compromise to depth... It is not easy to think of another criminologist who could have managed this nor or a better single volume to put in the hands of a criminology student.' - Professor Rob Canton, De Montfort University, UK 'Exceptionally comprehensive and well structured, it will undoubtedly become one of the leading criminological textbooks on the market... I would have no hesitation in recommending it for use by my students as well as referring my colleagues to it.' - Lorraine Wolhuter, University of Wolverhampton, UK 'I have little doubt that Newburn's text will quickly supplant all rivals as our principally recommended text for first-year undergraduate students... I can easily imagine it becoming the new 'bible' for students of criminology.' - Dave Waddington, Sheffield Hallam University, UK 'I think it's a better book for an undergraduate audience than its competitors... it takes students through a step-by-step, coherent story of nuanced, contextualised and well judged ideas and illustrations in studying criminology.' - Dr Colin Webster, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK 'There is no other text which addresses the market anywhere near as effectively as this one.' - Dave Edwards, London South Bank University, UK Read more...
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A criminology primer for law trainees, tutors and professionals
I became aware of Professor Newburn’s new work on both theoretical and applied criminology from BTEC. This book is well suited for the beginner, the professional...
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I became aware of Professor Newburn’s new work on both theoretical and applied criminology from BTEC. This book is well suited for the beginner, the professional training to become involved in any or all aspects of the criminal justice process, and the interested learner whose career may overlap with the role of the criminologist in the public services.
When I started teaching Criminology for the law undergraduate some 20 years ago, the basis of theoretical criminology had remained relatively static although some exciting new studies had appeared linking research from the Chicago School and anomie with the overtly political New Criminology and expanding feminist/gender issues. Mixing these strands of radical and realist theories with the complete confusion of current applied criminology measures and the failures of the legal framework of modern law enforcement is a monumental modern task and Newburn excels with his objective in this modern work presented with thought and just the right amount of detail.
The use of additional website support for both learners and tutors is another plus factor. I was unsure of how well the illustrations would fit in here as I have written a number of different versions of the basic content of this book for other organisations at both GCE and undergraduate level and found merging the dry written word with charts, tables and photographs actually does help when presenting the subject to learners where I use differentiation practice
My most recent teaching assignment required the teaching of part of this subject for BTEC Public Services courses and from reflective practice, I do recommend this book as a great primer for those who need a framework of criminology for their public service careers. It blends the wholly academic elements with the vocational aspects of BTEC highly effectively and gets the balance right for the range of learners we have.
The contents cover 36 headings in six parts. Like the views of my colleagues teaching this subject, there are always going to be problems with keeping this work up to date for Parts 4, 5 and 6. Reforming criminal justice, its current critical issues, and researching criminology which I am currently reading for post graduate studies is tackled well, and I would envisage web involvement being much more important as this work goes into another edition.
Clearly, Newburn’s broad approach is to be welcomed because it is accessible and authoritative being lively at all times with an intellectual sparkle which gives the reader encouragement to explore controversial issues: all the more controversial as ‘law’n’order’ remains at the top of the political agenda with the economy, presumably remaining so for some time to come.
Tim Newburn’s experience shines through brilliantly here, and I know my colleagues who teach this subject welcome his approach as being at the top of the tree for either BTEC or the more formal academic qualifications.
It is the best book of its type for us at the moment, linking the more established teaching with innovation at a time of turbulence in the Home Office- extracts are great for PowerPoint, too, even though PPPs are not everybody’s ideal for teaching, but it works with Newburn’s approach. So thank you, Willan Publishing, for this contribution to the teaching of criminology today.
PHILLIP TAYLOR MBE LL.B (Hons) PGCE Barrister-at-Law.
Richmond Green Chambers
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