The Cambridge Handbook of Australian Criminology

by Adam Graycar (Editor), Peter Grabosky (Editor)

Overview

This book provides the most up-to-date figures and facts on Australian criminology. It combines statistical and speculative analysis, along with a chronology of significant recent events in Australian criminology. Including valuable crime statistics compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the handbook is the complete single-volume reference to Australian criminology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521112932
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/11/2009
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Adam Graycar is Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology. He has held CEO positions in State and Federal Government agencies and was the Foundation Director of the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. He is the author of many books on social and public policy.

Peter Grabosky is Professor in the Regulatory Institutions Network at the Australian National University. He is co-author of Electronic Theft: Unlawful Acquisition in Cyberspace (Cambridge University Press, 2001). He is the President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and the Deputy Secretary-General of the International Society of Criminology.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Peter Grabosky and Adam Graycar; 2. Trends in Australian crime and criminal justice Peter Grabosky and Adam Graycar; 3. The criminal justice system - overview and data Australian Bureau of Statistics; 4. The policing complex Tim Prenzler and Rick Sarre; 5. Courts, criminal law and procedure Gregor Urbas and Simon Bronitt; 6. Correctional systems John Dawes and Adam Grant; 7. Illicit drugs and crime Toni Makkai; 8. White collar crime Russell Smith; 9. Homicide Jenny Mouzos; 10. Gender, race, class and crime in Australia Emma Ogilvie and Mark Lynch; 11. Juvenile justice Ian O'Connor and Margaret Cameron; 12. Crime and older people Marianne James and Adam Graycar; 13. Crime and indigenous people Rod Broadhurst; 14. Victims Anna Grant, Fiona David and Bree Cook; 15. Restorative justice and conferencing Kathleen Daly and Hennessey Hayes; 16. Crime prevention in Australia Margaret Cameron and Gloria Laycock.