Crime and justice: A guide to criminology

Daren Palmer (Editor), Willem de Lint (Editor), Derek Dalton (Editor)

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    Abstract

    Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology has been for many years a leading Australian textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students approaching this field of study for the first time. The contributors are well known research-active academics in Australia who contribute to the criminological debate at a national and international level.
    Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition offers a comprehensive guide to criminal justice and criminology that is well suited to a two or three-semester approach. It covers a wide range of topics including: different forms of crimes – from street crime to state crime and international crimes; who commits crimes and who are the victims of crimes; and how society responds to crime. It also includes a dedicated chapter on ‘criminology study skills’ that will be of benefit to students across their studies. This book offers a balance between the critical and administrative criminological traditions, adding to the discourse of crime and justice in the 21stcentury.

    This fifth edition, with 10 new authors and 31 returning authors, features seven new chapters:
    Chapter 2: The distribution of crime over populations, space and time
    Chapter 4: Explanations of crime
    Chapter 15: Criminal justice system – Aims and processes
    Chapter 18: Privatisation in the criminal justice system
    Chapter 26: Remedies for miscarriages of justice
    Chapter 27: Criminology in Australia – Past, present and future
    Chapter 29: Study skills for Criminology

    Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology 5th Edition is essential reading for students of criminal justice, criminology, penology, policing, sociology, justice and society studies, and legal studies. Practitioners interested in these areas would also be well-served by this text.
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    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationNew South Wales
    PublisherPyrmont, NSW : Thomson Reuters/ Lawbook Co.
    Edition5th
    ISBN (Electronic)9780455238654
    ISBN (Print)9780455238647
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

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    • Australian and international research resources

      Savilla, H., 2017, Crime and Justice: a guide to criminology. Thomson Reuters, p. 657-680 24 p.

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    • Crimes across borders

      Goldsmith, A., 2017, Crime and Justice: A Guide to criminology. Palmer, D., De Lint, W. & Dalton, D. (eds.). 5th ed. Pyrmont, N.S.W.: Thomson Reuters, p. 279-304 26 p.

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    • Environmental Crime

      Grigg, B., 2017, Crime and justice : a guide to criminology. 5th ed. Thomson Reuters, p. 193-216 24 p.

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