Burke, R: An Introduction to Criminological Theory

Roger Hopkins Burke is Principal Lecturer and Criminology Subject Leader in the Division of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to criminological theory for students taking courses in criminology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. 4th revised edition.

1. Introduction: crime and modernity, Part One: The rational actor model of crime and criminal behaviour, 2. Classical criminology, 3. Populist conservative criminology, 4. Contemporary rational actor theories, Part Two: The predestined actor model of crime and criminal behaviour, 5. Biological positivism, 6. Psychological positivism, 7. Sociological positivism, 8. Women and positivism, Part Three: The victimised actor model of crime and criminal behaviour, 9. Labelling theories, 10. Conflict and radical theories, 11. The gendered criminal, 12. Critical criminology, Part Four: Integrated theories of crime and criminal behaviour, 13. Socio-biological theories, 14. Environmental theories, 15. Situational action theories, 16. Social control theories, 17. Desistance theories, 18. Left realism, Part Five: Crime and criminal behaviour in the age of moral uncertainty, 19. Crime and the postmodern condition, 20. Cultural criminology and the schizophrenia of crime, 21. Crime, globalisation and the risk society, 22. Radical moral communitarian criminology, 23. Living in penal society, 24. Conclusions - the future of criminology, Glossary of terms