Understanding Criminology

Sandra Walklate is currently Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool having held previous posts at Manchester Metropolitan University, Keele, Salford and Liverpool John Moores. Her current publications include Imagining the Victim of Crime (2007) Open University Press/MacGraw-Hill and an edited collection with Gabe Mythen entitled Beyond the Risk Society: Critical Reflections on Risk and Human Security (2006) also with the Open University Press/MacGraw-Hill. She is currently compiling The Handbook of Victims and Victimology for Willan Publishing.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Understanding some key features of criminology Perspectives in criminological theory Understanding 'right realism'Understanding 'left realism' Gendering the criminal Crime, politics and welfare Criminal victimization, politics and welfare Conclusions: New directions for criminology GlossaryReferencesIndex