Features readings in the area of crime and media. This work tackles a range of issues including: theoretical perspectives; research methods; media influence; crime news and fiction; media, criminal justice and social control; and, new media and surveillance technologies.

Presents a thematic history of crime in the USA from the time of Lee's surrender at Appomattox to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. This title takes the period of American history where the country was changing into a truly modern, unified nation, and examines the roles crime and criminality have played in the growth of the nation.

"First published in English by Routledge 1993."

Provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide ranging and a hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels short stories, films and television series, the author presents a concise history of crime fiction.

This work on crime in early modern England incorporates thinking on issues including gender and crime, and literary perspectives on crime. It uses court archives to capture the everyday lives of people who would otherwise have left little mark on the historical record.

This work summarizes and synthesizes the substantial crime prevention literature to provide an approachable and comprehensive text for students. It sets out a critical analysis in the context of the politics of criminal justice policy.

This text provides an introduction to crime science, setting out its essentials. It provides a major statement of the nature and aspirations of crime science, and presents a series of case studies providing examples, in different settings, of the approach in action.

This title is concerned with issues arising from developments in crime control. Criminologists explore the links between crime and risks through a range of themes, from the deptiction of crime in the media to the dilemmas of policing, to the punitvences of criminal justice systems.