The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761959076 ISBN 13: 9780761959076

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

`The compilers have done criminology a tremendous service. This dictionary is an invaluable resource for students and teachers and I'm certain will be a key reference work for years to come' - Professor Tim Newburn, Goldsmiths College, University of London

`Great dictionaries inform, intrigue and investigate. McLaughlin and Muncie's perceptive collection does all three. The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology is wide and accessible enough to interest anyone concerned with crime, the law and the panoply of issues and explanations that surround them. This admirable volume will inform, guide and contribute to debates in the years ahead' - Ellis Cashmore, Professor of Culture, Media and Sport, Staffordshire University, author of Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations and co-editor of Dictionary of Cultural Theorists

Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie have brought together, for the first time, the work of some 70 academics and practitioners worldwide to produce the definitive reference and research tool for criminological studies and related fields.

The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology is informed by the principle that criminology is a contested, contradictory and interdisciplinary discourse marked by constant incursion, interactions, translations, deviations and transgressions. It is this diversity that makes the study of crime and criminal justice both complex and challenging. The dictionary sets out and explores traditional and emergent agendas in criminological studies to not only reveal its grounding in a myriad of theoretical and conceptual concerns but also to draw attention to its expansive and developing subject matter.

As a result there is no one conception of criminology to be found in the dictionary but rather a multitude of criminological perspectives which in themselves often depend and draw upon knowledges and concerns generated from elsewhere.

This excellent reference tool concludes with both a subject and a name index to further enhance its accessibility. All of these features establish this work as a leading study guide for introductory courses in the field, as a primary source of reference for advanced study, a necessary supplement to established textbooks and as a state-of-the-art reference guide to the specialized language of theoretical and conceptual criminology.

The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology provides a comprehensive introduction to criminological theory, its diverse frames of reference and its expansive modes of analysis. An up-to-date and accessible resource for students and teachers in the fields of criminology, criminal justice studies, the sociology of crime and deviance, socio-legal studies, social policy, criminal law and social work.

The Entries:

The entries have been compiled from a truly international group of contributors including:

- Jock Young on Left Realism

- Hal Pepinsky on Peacemaking Criminology

- Clive Hollin on Psychologies of crime

- Kathleen Daly on Feminist criminologies

- Barbara Hudson on Justice

- Tony Jefferson on Masculinities

- Jill Radford on Radical Feminism

- Willem de Haan on Redress

- Pat O'Malley on Governmentality

- Colin Sumner on Censure

- Betsy Stanko on Violence

- Jeff Ferrell on Cultural criminology

- Sandra Walklate on Victimisation

- Richard Sparks on Penality

- Robert Agnew on Strain theory

- Gregg Barak on Newsmaking criminology

- Dragan Milovanovic on Postmodernism

- Stuart Henry on Crime

- David Greenberg on Criminal careers

Each entry is either:

central to the field

an intellectual benchmark

a major theoretical position

a key theoretical concept

a central criminological method

a core criminal justice philosophy or practice

an emergent theme in the shifting and expanding field of criminological studies.

Each entry contains:

Definition - which sets out the basic parameters of the concept itself.

Distinctive features - which are encyclopaedic in style and allow for some detailed comment on the concept's origins, development and general significance.

Evaluation -of those concepts considered to have greatest theoretical weight and lasting legacy in order to encourage critical reflection.

Associated concepts - to cross reference to related concepts included in the dictionary and to facilitate a broader and in-depth study.

Key readings - to reinforce the aim of the dictionary as a learning resource to be built upon by the reader.

Subject and Name index - to further enhance the text book's accessibility.

The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology:

A leading study guide for introductory courses in the field.

A primary source of reference for advanced study.

A necessary supplement to established textbooks.

A state-of-the-art reference guide to the specialized language of theoretical and conceptual criminology.

International Advisory Board

Pat Carlen, University of Bath, UK

Stuart Henry, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA

Tony Jefferson, University of Keele, UK

Victor Jupp, University of Northumbria, UK

Pat O'Malley, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Joe Sim, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Elizabeth Stanko, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

René van Swaaningen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

About this title

About the Author:

Eugene McLaughlin is Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Research. He is also a member of the Centre for Law Justice and Journalism. He completed his postgraduate criminology studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. Eugene has held various academic appointments including at the University of Hong Kong, the Open University and the University of Southampton. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is an associate editor of Crime, Media and Cultureand is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. He has served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Critical Social Policy, the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and was co-editor of Theoretical Criminology.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761959076
• ISBN 13: 9780761959076
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: McLaughlin Eugene, Muncie John