Criminology: A Very Short Introduction

Author:   Tim Newburn (Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199643257


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Tim Newburn (Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 11.40cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 17.50cm
Weight:   0.143kg
ISBN:  

9780199643257


ISBN 10:   0199643253
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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What is crime? Who is a criminal? These are big questions, tackled adroitly and insightfully in this short but weighty book. * Shadd Maruna, Co-Editor, Oxford Handbook of Criminology * Tim Newburn presents the fundamental concepts, concerns, and findings of criminology with a clarity and wit that make it fully accessible to the beginner without ever sacrificing the depth and originality needed to hold the attention of the expert. This is a wonderfully concise and engaging book! * David Garland, Professor of Law and Sociology, New York University *


Tim Newburn presents the fundamental concepts, concerns, and findings of criminology with a clarity and wit that make it fully accessible to the beginner without ever sacrificing the depth and originality needed to hold the attention of the expert. This is a wonderfully concise and engaging book! * David Garland, Professor of Law and Sociology, New York University * What is crime? Who is a criminal? These are big questions, tackled adroitly and insightfully in this short but weighty book.


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Tim Newburn is Professor of Social Policy and Criminology at the London School of Economics. He is a former President of the British Society of Criminology (2005- 08) and was elected an Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 2005. In 2009, together with two colleagues, he was appointed Official Historian on Criminal Justice. He is a member of the Home Office's Scientific Advisory Committee and numerous other advisory bodies. He is the founding editor of the journal Criminology and Criminal Justice and is the author or editor of 35 books, including the leading undergraduate textbook in the field: Criminology (Willan Publishing, 2007).

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