Criminology

Barak provides the first integrated analysis of crime, criminal justice, and criminology through a global lens, revealing the importance of a global perspective for the study of crime and justice in the 21st century. While moving seamlessly from the micro bio-psychological, interactive-social process to the macro cultural-structural forces that shape crime and our responses to it, the author presents the reader with a feast of the latest criminological ideas in this sumptuous tome.

Criminology: An Integrated Approach is the first criminology textbook to provide an integrated perspective on the developing global and historical relations that unite the studies of criminology/criminologists, criminal justice/justicians, and crime/crime control in the 21st century. In order to achieve this integration, the book is divided into three parts.
Part I, "a unifying analysis of crime and crime control" does three things: First, the studies of criminology and criminal justice are reunited in the context of globalization. Second, the official and unofficial forms of crime and criminal behavior are examined domestically and globally. Third, unlike most criminology texts, theories are also used to explain the administration of criminal justice, the behavior of law enforcement and crime control, as well as the policies of sentencing and punishment.
Part II, "explaining criminal behavior and crime" outlines the changing historical conditions of criminological inquiry and provides detailed overviews of the various contributions made from economics and law, biology, psychology, and sociology. These criminological theories are also subject to a critique based on the partialities of most of these explanations and on the need for developing integrated explanations.
Part III, "integrating criminological strands," is divided between presenting elaborations of contemporary criminological integrations that transcend disciplinary boundaries and elaborating on both domestic and international policies of crime reduction and justice enhancement in an age of globalization.

1 Preface and Acknowledgments
2 PART I INTRODUCTION: A UNIFYING ANALYSIS OF CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL
3 Chapter One: Criminology & Criminal Justice: An Integrated Perspective
4 Chapter Two: Official & Unofficial Crimes: A Domestic (USA) Perspective
5 Chapter Three: Official & Unofficial Crimes: A Global Perspective
6 Chapter Four: Crime Control, Risk Management, and Surveillance: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
7 Chapter Five: Crime Control, Dangerousness, and the Penal-Industrial Complex: Punishment and Sentencing
8 PART II STRANDS OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THOUGHT: EXPLAINING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND CRIME
9 Chapter Six: On the Foundations of Criminological Inquiry: Contributions in Time and Space
10 Chapter Seven: Interest and Rationality: Contributions from Economics and Law
11 Chapter Eight: Nature and Nurture: Contributions from Biology
12 Chapter Nine: Mind and Character: Contributions from Psychology
13 Chapter Ten: Culture and Society: Contributions from Sociology
14 PART III INTEGRATING CRIMINOLOGICAL STRANDS: THEORY AND PRACTICE
15 Chapter Eleven: Integrated Models in an Age of Globalization and Transdisciplinarity: An Eclectic Overview of Emerging Approaches
16 Chapter Twelve: Crime, Globalization, and the Capitalist World Order: Implications for Criminology and Strategies for Social Justice