This fully comprehensive general introduction to Criminology covers all the major areas of the subject.covering such key topics as: the history of criminology, measurement of crime, crime and social exclusion, criminological theory, the criminal justice system, categories of crime, including property crime, violent crime, drugs and crime and crimes of the state and new areas such as environmental crime and the globalization of crime.Designed to be user-friendly for both the instructor and student, each chapter contains boxed material on current controversies, key thinkers and examples of crime and criminal justice around the world with statistical tables, maps, summaries, critical thinking questions, annotated references and glossed key terms. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.