Subjects:

Criminology

Contents:

1. Introduction to the Study of Crime

PART A

CRIME AND SOCIAL HARM

2 Property Crime

3 Violent Crime

4 Public Order Offences

5 Drugs and Crime

6 Corporate Crime

7 Environmental Crime

8 State Crime

PART B

CRIMINALITY AND SOCIAL DIVISION

9 Class and Crime

10 Gender and Crime

11 Ethnicity and Crime

12 Indigenous People and Crime

13 Juvenile Crime

14 Victims of Crime

Contains a dedicated discussion of crime and its effects upon society. It combines descriptive and analytical material on key crimes and places them within the context of their impact on various social groups. Authors are from University of Tasmania.