This second edition is an excellent updated collection. The volume's fifty essays provide invaluable sources for academics, students and practitioners interested in enduring and new criminological issues and concerns' - "SCOLAG Legal Journal " In its acumen and choice of readings it is simply the be[...]

Carefully selected readings cover the most significant theoretical and empirical work in the field; examining the core perspectives that underpin criminology whilst also promoting fresh debate. It includes new readings on: - anomie theory - labelling theory - subcultural theory - white collar crimin[...]

'In "Youth and Crime", John Muncie accomplishes the extraordinarily difficult feat of covering a huge territory, introducing his subject matter in an accessible form, and yet offering original analysis and insight. This is a wonderfully accomplished textbook which leaves its rivals standing. The Thi[...]