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.