The third handbook in a trilogy which includes the International Handbook of Penology and Criminal Justice and the International Handbook of Victimology, this volume is a comprehensive treatment of criminology theory.

Theoretical and Historical Frameworks. Crime Science. Born for Evil? Biological Theories of Crime in Historical Perspective. Life Course Criminology. Making Sense of Criminal Justice. Methods of Inquiry. The Politics of Numbers: Crime Statistics as a Source of Knowledge and a Tool of Governance. The Subculture Concept: A Genealogy. Anthropologies of Domestic Violence: Studying Crime in Situ. Methodological Issues in the Comparison of Police-Recorded Crime Rates. Crime and Criminality. Transnational Environmental Harm and Eco-Global Criminology. Perpetrators and Victims of Sex Crimes. Financial Crimes in Comparative Context. Studying Criminality and Criminal Offenders in the Early Twentieth-Century Philippines. Response to Crime. Affluence, Disadvantage, and Fear of Crime. Closed-Circuit Television: A Review of Its Development and Its Implications for Privacy. Crime and Social Policy. Truth, Reality, Justice, and the Crime Genre: Implications for Criminological Inquiry and Pedagogy. The Police Response to Crime. The European Experience of Crime Prevention. Crime, Victims, and Social Divisions. Class, Inequality, and the Etiology of Crime. Youth Gangs in a Global Context. Victim Participation in the Criminal Justice Process: Normative Dilemmas and Practical Responses. Spatial Analysis of Street Crimes. Understanding Repeat Victimization: A Longitudinal Study. Conclusion.