'For any criminologist looking to make sense of recent developments in the field, this is the go-to book. In essays by leading specialists, it provides the latest updates on traditional theories whilst charting new directions. It also offers intepretive frameworks for criminology's current flux and fragmentation and closely examines relationships among theory, policy, and criminal justice practice. Invaluable and indispensible!'

- Nicole Rafter, Professor, Northeastern University

The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory re-centres theory in the boldest, most thought-provoking form possible within the criminological enterprise. Written by a team of internationally respected specialists, it provides readers with a clear overview of criminological theory, enabling them to reflect critically upon the variety of theoretical positions - traditional, emergent and desirable - that are constitutive of the discipline at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Each chapter has been specially commissioned to include the following:

" A brief historical overview of the theoretical perspective

" Core ideas and key associated concepts

" A critical review of the contemporary status of the perspective

" Reflections on future developments

In addition the Handbook features a substantive introduction by the editors, providing a review of the development of criminological theory, the state of contemporary criminological theory and emergent issues and debates.

The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory is an indispensable international resource for libraries and scholars 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