The Companion is divided into six historical and thematic parts, each introduced by the editors and containing a selection of accessible and engaging short essays written specifically for this text:
Comprehensive cross-referencing between entries will provide the reader with signposts to later developments, to critiques and to associated theoretical developments explored within the book, and lists of further reading in every entry will encourage independent thinking and study. This book is an essential reference work for criminology students at all levels and is the perfect companion for courses on criminological theory.
Avi Brisman is an Associate Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology.
Eamonn Carrabine is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex.
Nigel South is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology.