The Oxford handbook of criminology

by Mike Maguire

'Criminology', according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means 'the scientific study of crime'. Precisely what this phrase means is revealed by this major new one volume reference work. This is the most comprehensive and detailed book about criminology ever published in the United Kingdom. It is designed to be immediately accessible to those interested in criminology who seek a way of familiarising themselves with the study of crime and criminality. In over a thousand pages of carefully prepared text, and aided by dozens of figures and diagrams the Handbook sets out the main elements of...

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