Criminology: Theory and Context

How do criminologists attempt to explain the phenomena of crime and deviance? This accessible and engaging textbook provides some answers to this question by providing a historical and theoretical introduction to criminology, examining the chronology of criminological theory, the social and political context of its development and its relationship with the criminal justice system.

Fully revised and updated, this text brings the discussion of theory up to the present day and includes further coverage of feminist and gendered theories of crime and criminality and the impact of cybercrime, transnational crime and globalized security on criminological theory. This book emphasises the political underpinnings to theoretical perspectives and encourages students to recognise the need to locate theories of crime and deviance in their structural contexts.

The new edition is even more engaging for students than before. It contains more detailed and structured introductions and summaries in each chapter, as well as web-links, lists of further reading and study questions to encourage critical thinking. Throughout the book, students are encouraged to think about and apply theoretical understanding to concrete examples, making the book essential reading for courses on criminological theory and advanced issues in criminology.

犯罪學家如何試圖解釋犯罪和偏差的現象？這本易於理解且引人入勝的教科書通過提供犯罪學的歷史和理論介紹，檢視犯罪學理論的時間軸、其發展的社會和政治背景以及與刑事司法體系的關係，為這個問題提供了一些答案。全面修訂和更新的這本教材將理論討論延伸到了現今，並包括了對犯罪和犯罪性別化理論、網絡犯罪、跨國犯罪和全球化安全對犯罪學理論的影響的更多涵蓋。本書強調理論觀點的政治基礎，並鼓勵學生認識到將犯罪和偏差理論置於結構背景中的必要性。

新版比以前更具吸引力，對學生更加引人入勝。每章節都包含更詳細和結構化的介紹和摘要，以及網絡連結、進一步閱讀列表和學習問題，以鼓勵批判性思考。在整本書中，學生被鼓勵思考並將理論理解應用於具體例子，使本書成為犯罪學理論和犯罪學高級問題課程的必讀之書。

John Tierney is a retired lecturer in criminology from Durham University. Maggie O'Neill is Professor of Criminology at Durham University.

約翰·提爾尼（John Tierney）是杜倫大學（Durham University）退休的犯罪學講師。瑪吉·奧尼爾（Maggie O'Neill）是杜倫大學犯罪學教授。