Introducing Criminology and Criminal Justice

List of tables viii Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1(14) PART ONE DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTIONS OF CRIME 15(54) Defining Crime and Studying Criminology and Criminal Justice 17(30) Key Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice 47(22) PART TWO UNDERSTANDING CRIME DATA 69(54) Understanding Crime Data I: Sources of Information 71(24) Understanding Crime Data II: Methods of Data Collection 95(28) PART THREE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CONTEXT 123(150) The Criminal Justice System and its Processes 125(24) The Police: Gatekeepers to the Criminal Justice Process 149(24) The Prosecution Process: The Courts and Sentencing 173(30) The Prison 203(20) Probation: Community-Based Punishment and Community Justice 223(22) Multi-Agency and `Joined-Up' Approaches to Criminal Justice Policy 245(28) PART FOUR THEORIES OF CRIME 273(70) Theories of Crime I: The Individual and Crime 275(18) Theories of Crime II: Society and Crime 293(22) Theories of Crime III: Critical and Deconstructive Perspectives 315(28) Conclusions and Summary 343(10) Notes 353(2) Glossary 355(6) References 361(16) Subject index 377(16) Index of proper names 393(4) Index of legislation 397