An indispensable international resource for students and researchers of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.

Introduction - Eugene McLaughlin and Tim Newburn
PART ONE: CONTEMPORARY CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY
Genetics and Crime - Laura A Baker, Catherine Tuvblad and Adrian Raine
Individual Differences and Offending - Darrick Jolliffe and David P Farrington
Social Learning Theory - Ronald L Akers and Gary F Jensen
Process and Structure in Criminal and Deviant Behavior
Street Collectives and Group Delinquency - Simon Hallsworth and Tara Young
Social Disorganization, Subcultures and beyond
Strain Theories - Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina
Control Theories - Ray Paternoster and Ronet Bachman
Labelling, Social Reaction and Social Constructionism - John Muncie
Critical Criminology - Eugene McLaughlin
Integrative Criminology - Gregg Barak
Realist Criminology Revisited - Roger Matthews
Routine Activities - Sharon Chamard
Feminist Perspectives in Criminology: A Review with Gen Y in Mind - Kathleen Daly
PART TWO: NEW DIRECTIONS
Life-Course and Developmental Theories in Criminology - David P Farrington
Crime Science - Ronald V Clarke
Psychosocial Criminology - Tony Jefferson
Cultural Criminology - Jeff Ferrell
The Loose Can[n]on
Governmental Criminology - Pat O¿Malley
New Institutionalism in Criminology - Susanne Karstedt
Approaches, Theories and Themes
Defiance, Compliance and Consilience - Lawrence W Sherman
A General Theory of Criminology
A Vision of Race, Crime and Justice through the Lens of Critical Race Theory - Lee E Ross
A Green Criminology Perspective - Rob White
Global Criminology - Katja Franko Aas
Penology - Michael Cavadino
Approaches to Victims and Victimization - Paul Rock
News Media Criminology - Chris Greer