Crime and justice : a guide to criminology /
edited by Marinella Marmo, Willem de Lint, Darren Palmer.
- 4th ed.
- Pyrmont, NSW : Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia, 2012
- xxvii, 716 p. : ill., ports ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: Sydney : Lawbook Co., c2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fully revised and updated, this 4th edition offers a comprehensive guide in criminal justice and criminology that is well suited to a dual-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. This book offers a balance between critical and administrative criminological traditions to add to the discourse of crime and justice in the twenty-first century