Includes bibliographical references and index.

Victorian boys, we are here! / Geoffrey Pearson -- Perspectives in criminological theory / Sandra Walklate -- Definitions of deviance / Howard S. Becker -- Ten points of realism / Jock Young -- Psychology and criminal behaviour / Peter B. Ainsworth -- The development of feminist perspectives on crime / Nicole Hahn Rafter and Frances Heidensohn -- Crime, power, and ideological mystification / Steven Box -- The social construction of official statistics / Clive Coleman and Jenny Moynihan -- Corporate crime, official statistics and the mass media / Gary Slapper and Steve Tombs -- Crime and the media : a criminological perspective / David Kidd-Hewitt -- Folk devils and moral panics : th creation of the mods and rockers / Stanley Cohen -- The ultimate neighbour from hell? Stranger danger and the media framing of paedophiles / Jenny Kitzinger -- Crime in context : a critical criminology of market societies / Ian Taylor -- Bias in the criminal justice system / Michael Cavadino and James Dignan -- Crime, culture and community / Janet Foster -- White collar and corporate crime / Hazel Croall -- The race and crime debate / John Lea and Jock Young -- From scarman to Stephen Lawrence / Stuart Hall -- Youth and crime / John Muncie -- The myth of girl gangs / Susan Batchelor -- Ordinary experiences / Elizabeth A. Stanko -- When men are victims : the failure of victimology / Tim Newburn and Elizabeth A. Stanko -- Cop culture / Robert Reiner -- Policing and the police : key issues in criminal justice / Clive Coleman and Clive Norris -- The trial / Frank Belloni and Jacqueline Hodgson -- The injudiciary / Andrew Billen -- Justifications and purposes of imprisonment / Ian Dunbar and Anthony Langdon -- The closed emotional world of the security wing / Stanley Cohen and Laurie Taylor -- Crime, control and the future : some theories and speculations / Nigel South -- Social control / Barbara A. Hudson -- Smile, you're on TV / John Naughton -- They're watching you / Martin Bright -- Land of the free / Gary Younge -- New ways to break the law : cybercrime and the politics of hacking / Douglas Thomas.