Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the new vision / Alison Liebling, Shadd Maruna, and Lesley McAra -- Pt. 1. Constructions of crime and justice -- Ch. 1. The foundations of sociological theories of crime / Paul Rock -- Ch. 2. Criminalization: historical, legal and criminological perspectives / Nicola Lacey and Lucia Zedner -- Ch. 3. Punishment and welfare: social problems and social structures / David Garland -- Ch. 4. Penal populism and epistemic crime control / Ian Loader and Richard Sparks -- Ch. 5. Political economy, crime, and criminal justice / Robert Reiner -- Ch. 6. Delivering more with less: austerity and the politics of law and order / Rod Morgan and David J. Smith -- Ch. 7. Crime data and criminal statistics: a critical reflection / Mike Maguire and Susan McVie -- Ch. 8. Ethnicities, racism, crime, and criminal justice / Coretta Phillips and Ben Bowling -- Ch. 9. Feminist criminology: inequalities, powerlessness, and justice / Michele Burman and Loraine Gelsthorpe -- Ch. 10. Public opinion, crime, and criminal justice / Mike Hough and Julian V. Roberts -- Ch. 11. News power, crime, and media justice / Chris Greer and Eugene McLaughlin -- Ch. 12. Social harm and zemiology / Paddy Hillyard and Steve Tombs -- Ch. 13. Crime and consumer culture / Keith Hayward and Oliver Smith -- Ch. 14. Green criminology / Avi Brisman and Nigel South -- Pt. 2. Borders, boundaries, and beliefs -- Ch. 15. Criminology, punishment and the state in a globalized society / Katja Franko -- Ch. 16. Border criminology and the changing nature of penal power / Mary Bosworth -- Ch. 17. Criminology and transitional justice / Kieran McEvoy, Ron Dudai and Cheryl Lawther -- Ch. 18. Rethinking comparative criminal justice / David Nelken -- Ch. 19. Understanding state crime / Penny Green and Tony Ward -- Ch. 20. Making and managing terrorism and counter-terrorism: the view from criminology / Martin Innes and Michael Levi -- Ch. 21. Religion, crime, and violence / Simon Cottee -- Ch. 22. Character, circumstances, and the causes of crime: towards an analytical criminology / Per-Olof H. Wikström -- Ch. 23. Crime and city: urban encounters, civility, and tolerance / Jon Bannister and John Flint -- Ch. 24. Prison architecture and design: perspectives from criminology and carceral geography / Yvonne Jewkes and Dominique Moran -- Pt. 3. Dynamics of crime and violence -- Ch. 25. Interpersonal violence on the British Isles, 1200 - 2016 / Manuel Eisner -- Ch. 26. Urban criminal collaborations / Alistair Fraser and Dick Hobbs -- Ch. 27. Developmental and life-course criminology: innovations, impacts, and applications / Lesley McAra and Susan McVie -- Ch. 28. Mental health, mental disabilities, and crime / Jill Peay -- Ch. 29. Domestic violence / David Gadd -- Ch. 30. Prostitution and sex work / Jo Phoenix -- Ch. 31. Drugs: consumption, addiction, and treatment / Toby Seddon -- Ch. 32. White-collar and corporate crime / Michael Levi and Nicholas Lord -- Ch. 33. Desistance from crime and implications for offender rehabilitation / Joanna Shapland and Anthony Bottoms -- Pt. 4. Responses to crime -- Ch. 34. Policing and the police / Trevor Jones, Tim Newburn and Robert Reiner -- Ch. 35. Crime prevention and community safety / Adam Crawford and Karen Evans -- Ch. 36. Principles, pragmatism, and prohibition: explaining continuity and change in British drug policy / Alex Stevens -- Ch. 37. Sentencing / Andrew Ashworth and Julian V. Roberts -- Ch. 38. Punishment in the community: evolution, expansion, and moderation / Gwen Robinson and Fergus McNeill -- Ch. 39. Reconfiguring penal power / Ben Crewe and Alison Liebling -- Ch. 40 Marketizing criminal justice / Amy Ludlow -- Ch. 41. Youth justice / Lesley McAra -- Ch. 42. Restorative justice in the 21st century: making emotions mainstream / Meredith Rossner -- Ch. 43. Criminological engagements / Alison Liebling, Fergus McNeill and Bethany E. Schmidt.

The Oxford Handbook of Criminology provides an authoritative collection of chapters covering the core and emerging topics studied on criminology courses. With contributions from leading academics, the Handbook is the definitive guide to the discipline.

- The most comprehensive and authoritative single volume guide to criminology
- Brings together contributions from leading academics detailing the relevant theory, recent research, policy developments, and current debates, enabling students to fully appreciate the diverse array of viewpoints in criminological discourse
- Includes detailed references enabling readers to further research the topics discussed
- Features an extensive online resource centre providing additional teaching and learning materials for both students and lecturers

This edition sees a new editorial team of leading criminology scholars edit the Handbook: Alison Liebling, Shadd Maruna and Lesley McAra.
Extensively revised, the sixth edition features new chapters including: zemiology; green criminology; domestic violence; prostitution and sex work; penal populism; and the significance of globalisation for criminology.