Learning from Journal Articles

The following readings map onto the core areas of the curriculum and have been selected because they are relevant to discussions in the text. Please click below to access the full- text articles.

The origins of criminology
Rock, Paul, ‘Caesare Lombroso as a signal criminologist’ in Criminology & Criminal Justice, Vol: 7(2): 117-133 (2007)

Research methods in criminology
Liebling, Alison, ‘Doing Research in Prison: Breaking the Silence?’ in Theoretical Criminology, Vol: 3(2): 147-173 (1999)

Locating crime within the individual: Biological and Psychological approaches
Rafter, Nicole Hahn, ‘H. J. Eysenck in Fagin’s kitchen: the return to biological theory in 20th-century criminology’ in History of the Human Sciences, Vol: 19(4): 37-56 (2006)

Crime as external to the individual: Classic sociological theories
Currie, Elliott, ‘Market, Crime and Community: Toward a Mid-Range Theory of Post-Industrial Violence’ in Theoretical Criminology, Vol: 1(2): 147-172 (1997)

Contemporary criminology
Young, Jock, ‘Merton with Energy, Katz with Structure: The Sociology of Vindictiveness and the Criminology of Transgression’ in Theoretical Criminology, Vol: 7(3): 388-414 (2003)

Crime and the media
Greer, Chris and McLaughlin, Eugene, ‘Media justice: Madeleine McCann, intermediatization and ‘trial by media’ in the British press’ in Theoretical Criminology, Vol: 16(4): 395-416 (2012)

Ayres, Tammy C. and Jewkes, Yvonne, ‘The haunting spectacle of crystal meth: A media-created mythology?’ in Crime Media Culture, Vol: 8(3): 315-332 (2012)

Youth and crime
Deuchar, Ross, ‘“It’s Just Pure Harassment… As If It’s a Crime to Walk in the Street”: Anti-social Behaviour, Youth Justice and Citizenship – The Reality for Young Men in the East End of Glasgow’ in Youth Justice, Vol: 10(3): 258-274 (2010)

Gender and crime
Hood-Williams, John, ‘Gender, Masculinities and Crime: From Structures to Psyches’ in Theoretical Criminology, Vol: 5(1): 37-60 (2001)

Race and hate crime
Garland, Jon and Chakraborti, Neil, ‘Divided by a common concept? Assessing the implications of different conceptualizations of hate crime in the European Union’ in European Journal of Criminology, Vol: 9(1): 38-51 (2012)

Penology
Wacquant, Loïc, ‘Deadly Symbiosis: When Ghetto and Prison Meet and Mesh’ in Punishment & Society, Vol: 3(1): 95-133 (2001)

Serious crime
Edwards, Adam and Levi, Michael, ‘Researching the organization of serious crimes’ in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Vol: 8(4): 363-388 (2008)

Cybercrime
Yar, Majid, ‘The Novelty of “Cybercrime”: An Assessment in Light of Routine Activity Theory’ in European Journal of Criminology, Vol: 2(4): 407-427 (2005)

Treadwell, James, ‘From the car boot to booting it up? eBay, online counterfeit crime and the transformation of the criminal marketplace’ in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Vol: 12(2): 175-191 (2012)

Victimology
Shapland, Joanna and Hall, Matthew, ‘What Do We Know About the Effects of Crime on Victims?’ in International Review of Victimology, Vol: 14(2): 175-217 (2007)