Crime in Modern Britain

by Eamonn Carrabine, Pamela Cox, Maggy Lee, Nigel South

Overview

This book provides an overview and critical engagement with the literature on crime. The book focuses on modern Britain since the nineteenth century, covering all aspects of crime - from those committed on the street and within the home, to offences and abuse conducted on an international scale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199246113
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/05/2002
Series:	Oxford Modern Britain
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

all at University of Essex

Table of Contents

1. Thinking about crime2. History, modernity and crime3. Crime and everyday life4. Organizational forms of crime5. Images of crime6. Crime and late modernity in Britain