Making Sense of Criminology

This work is intended as a concise introductory text to criminology. The authors (all affiliated with Lancaster U., UK) take a debate- centered approach to the topic, addressing such topics as basic philosophical underpinnings, research methodologies, the structure of Britain's criminal justice system, factors that impact equal dispensation of criminal justice, links between criminology and social policy, and definitions of crime and criminology. Distributed by Blackwell Publishers. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Keith Soothill is Professor of Social Research at Lancaster University; Moira Peelo and Claire Taylor are both researching in areas of criminology, also at Lancaster University.