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An Introduction to Criminological Theory 6th Edition

An Introduction to Criminological Theory 6th Edition

Author: Roger Hopkins Burke
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032222318

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781138700215
Published In: February 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to criminological theory for students taking courses in criminology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Building on previous editions and the previous companion text, this book presents the latest research and theoretical developments in a socio-political context.

All major theoretical perspectives are considered, including:

classical criminology
biological and psychological positivism
labelling theories
feminist criminology
critical criminology and left realism
situation action theories
desistance theories
social control theories
the risk society, postmodern condition and terrorism

The new edition has been updated and revised over seven parts to include full chapters on key topics, such as: Bourdieau and criminology, narrative criminology, cultural victimology, southern theory and criminology, green and species criminology, critical race theory, convict and abolitionist and convict criminologies, and ultra-realist criminology. These key issues are discussed in the context of debates about the fragmentation of modernity and the postmodern condition, the rise of political populism, risk, surveillance and social control, conspiracy theories, post-truth society and speculation about living in post-COVID-19 society and the future of neoliberalism.

Supplemented with chapter summaries, critical thinking questions, policy implications, a full glossary of terms and theories and a timeline of criminological theory, this book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of criminology, sociology and politics, and is essential reading for advanced students of criminology looking for a way to engage with contemporary themes and concepts in theory.

1. Introduction: the rise and triumph of the modern

Part One: The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour

2. Classical criminology 3. Populist conservative criminology 4. Contemporary rational actor theories

Part Two: The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour

5. Biological positivism 6. Psychological positivism 7. Sociological positivism 8. Women and positivism

Part Three: The victimized actor model of crime and criminal behaviour

9. Labelling theories 10. Conflict and radical theories 11. Critical criminology 12. Left realism

Part Four: Integrated theories of crime and criminal behaviour

13. Sociobiological theories 14. Environmental theories 15. Social control theories 16. Situational action theories 17. Bourdieau and criminology 18. Narrative criminology 19. Problem-Solving Criminal Justice

Part Five: Crimes in the era of fragmented modernity

20. Fragmentation of modernity and the postmodern condition 21. Constitutive criminology 22. Anarchist criminology 23. Cultural criminology 24. Cultural victimology 25. Globalization and organised crime

Part Six: Rediscovering critical criminology in neoliberal society

26. Southern theory and criminology 27 Critical race theory 28. Terrorism and state violence 29. Gender, feminism and masculinity 30. Green and species criminology 31. Bio-critical criminology 32. Abolitionism and convict criminology

Part Seven: Crime in an age of austerity and pandemic

33. Criminality and the rise of political populism 34. Risk, surveillance and social control 35. Ultra-realist criminology 36. Radical moral communitarian criminology 37. Criminology in an age of austerity 38. Epilogue: Crime and post Covid-19 society Criminological theory timeline

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