Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This text is a contemporary, applied, and critical criminology textbook, designed as an entry point into criminology for students of different backgrounds. It is purposefully concise and focused to convey key issues and perspectives within criminology with ease, and it is supported with a range of pedagogical features to aid and test student learning in each chapter. It is accessible in language and style, and it connects to core and emergent topics and themes within criminology. It also demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of criminology, and the links between criminological enquiry and wider social and global issues and processes. This second edition of the text benefits from additional case study materials, updates, and a new chapter focused on structural violence and a harms-based approach"--