{"product_id":"9780631220923","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Criminology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Criminology\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eColin Sumner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Criminology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten accessibly, and with its international perspective and first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEditors and contributors are international experts in criminology, offering a comparative perspective on theories and systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains full discussion of key debates and theories, the implications of new topics, studies and ideas, and contemporary developments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCoverage includes: class, gender, and race, criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, punishment, mass media, international crimes, and social control\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eColin Sumner\u003c\/b\u003e is an investment manager and writer. He was Professor and Head of the Law School at the University of East London and for many years a Lecturer at the Institute of Criminology and a Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Barcelona, Hamburg, Berkeley, Simon Fraser, Queen’s [Kingston], St. Mary’s, and Dar es Salaam. His books include \u003ci\u003eReading Ideologies\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eCrime, Justice and Underdevelopment (\u003c\/i\u003e1982), \u003ci\u003eCensure, Politics and Criminal Justice \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), \u003ci\u003eThe Sociology of Deviance\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eViolence, Culture and Censure\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and \u003ci\u003eSocial Control and Political Order\u003c\/i\u003e (ed. with Roberto Bergalli, 1997). He also edited a book series entitled \u003ci\u003eNew Directions in Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Piers Beirne, founded and edited the journal \u003ci\u003eTheoretical Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 October 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631220923\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e544\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e38.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384145768588,"sku":"9780631220923","price":224.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631220923_474fb612-31af-4fd3-91fd-a7b7a456d9c0.jpg?v=1780169241","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631220923","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}